58 MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



Clitopilus prunulus Plum Top 



Cap medium, 5-12 cm. wide, white or somewhat grayish, more or less powdered, 

 not sticky when wet, convex to plane, then depressed; stem 3-7 cm. by 6-14 mm., 

 white, striate, solid ; gills long decurrent, rosy ; spores rosy or greenish, ovoid- 

 elliptic, pointed at one end, 10-16 \ b/x. 



Common on ground in woods, from spring to frost ; this species also occurs in the 

 abortive form. Both forms are delicious, 



ECCILIA 



This genus resembles Clitopilus closely, but is distinguished by the tough 

 cartilage-like stem instead of a fibrous or fleshv one. The gills are decurrent, a 



Figure 34. Clitopilus prunulus 



feature which sejiarates it from the allied genera, L e p t o n i a and N o 1 a n e a. The 

 species are few and infrequent. The plants are small, and edible in our species. 

 The name refers to the funnel-form cap. 



Eccilia cameo-grisea Hollow Top 



Cap small, 2-3 cm. wide, grayish pink, striate, more or less dotted with glisten- 

 inc points, especiallv at the margin, funnel-form; stem 3-5 cm. by 4-5 mm., grayish 

 pink, smooth, hollow, more or less bent ; gills decurrent, rosy, distant, darker on 

 the edge ; spores rosv, irregular, ellipsoid, roughened, 7 X 5|U. The name refers 

 to the color of cap and stem. 



On the ground in woods, late summer to autumn ; pleasant both raw and cooked. 



