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collector, and careful notes need to be made regarding the 

 color and viscidity of the cap, and other evanescent characters 

 of the plant, before accurate determination is possible. 



Entoloma grande Pk. (large). 



Mansfield, July (162). 

 Entoloma Grayanum Pk. 



Mansfield, July (161). 

 Entoloma rhodopolium Fr. (rosy-gray). 



South Windsor, Hanmer. 

 Entoloma strictius Pk. (constricted). 



South Windsor, Hanmer; Mansfield, July (58). 



CLITOPILUS Fr. 



kXitvc, declivity ; 7rT\oc, cap ; referring to the depression in cap. 



The cap in Clitopilus is usually depressed, and in this re- 

 spect resembles Eccilia, but the stem is less brittle, being more 

 fleshy and fibrous in substance. 



The species grow on the ground. Mcllvaine says, " Some 

 of the best of edible kinds are within this genus ; a few are un- 

 pleasant raw, none poisonous." The attachment of the gills 

 to the stem should be carefully noted, so that the genus be not 

 confused with Entoloma of this same rosy-spored group. • In 

 the latter genus the gills are sinuate, and in Clitopilus they are 

 more or less squarely joined to the stem or run down it. 



Clitopilus abortivus B. & C. (abortive). 



New Plaven, Clinton. 

 Clitopilus micropus Pk. (short-stemmed). 



East Hartford, Hanmer. 

 Clitopilus noveboracensis Pk. (New York Clitopilus) var. 

 tomentosipes Pk. (downy-stemmed). 



East Hartford, Hanmer. 

 Clitopilus noveboracensis Pk. var. umbilicatus Pk. 



East Plartford, Hanmer. 

 Clitopilus Orcella Bull. 



Mansfield, Aug. (216). Edible (McP). 

 Clitopilus popinalis Fr. f belonging to a cook-shop ; refer- 

 ring to its edible qualities). 



Mansfield, Aug. (262 J. 



