22 MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



Clitocybe gigantea Giant Clitocybe 



C ap usually very large. 1-3 dm. wide, ^yhitish or tan-colored, smooth, sometimes 

 cracking into scales when dry. plane, then depressed or concave, margin turned in at 

 first, more or less irregular and lobed ; stem short and stout. 4-5 cm. by 1-2 cm., 

 whitish or tan. smooth, solid ; gills short decurrent, whitish or tan, finally tinged 

 Avith vellow or reddish, branched or connected bv veins, broad and crowded : spores 

 elliptic, 5 "\ 3i-i-. 'I"he name refers to the size of the plant. 



(Jn the grcmnd in woods, from August to frost : edible. 



Clitocybe maxima Great Clitocybe 



Cap usually ^-ery large, 1-3 dm. wide, whitish or tan, smooth or slightly 

 silkv or scalv in age, concave, the margin turned in and somewhat lobed ; stem 

 stout. S-10 cm. bv 2-3 cm., whitish, somewhat fibrous, solid; gills long decurrent. 



P'kjure 12, Clitocybe maxima 



whitish, not branched or connected by ^-eins ; spores elliptic, 5-6 \ 3-4;n. The 

 name refers to the size. 



r)n the ground in woods, throughout summer and autumn ; distinguished from 

 the preceding by the more funnel-shaped cap. and the whitish, long decurrent gills. 

 Coarse, but well-flavored and edible. 



Clitocybe illiadens Orange Cone SaiTron Top 



Cap large. 7-15 cm. wide, dark yellow or orange-brown, smootli, convex or 

 flat at first, then depressed or deeply concave, often irregular from mutual pressure ; 

 stem tall. 10-20 cm. by 1-1,^2 cm., deep yellow or orange, smooth, solid; gills 

 running far down the stem, yellow to orange, distant; spores rounded, 4-5/n, 

 The name refers tn the deceptively attractive a[ipearance. 



(Growing in large clusters about old stumps or dead trees frum August t(.i 

 frost. Though not deadly, this plant is poisonous to nearly every one, and should 



