White-spored Series 



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Sections of C. laccata 



Time — Spring to autumn. 



Habitat — Wood, swamps, or open fields, naked ground, mossy 

 or grassy places. 



Var. amelhystina has cap darker, gills amethyst, quite 

 decurrent. 



Var. pallidifolia, gills paler than laccata. 



Var. striatula, plants small, gills showing as lines through 

 the thin cap. 



Clitocybe virens 



Cap or Pihus — Fleshy, convex, expanded, obtuse. Pale greenish 



blue. 

 Gills or Lamella; — White, crowded, thin, slightly decurrent. 

 Stem or Stipe — White, with occasional rusty spots ; stiff, solid. 



Sometimes two stems are found growing together at the base. 

 Spores — White. 

 Flesh— White. 

 Time — Autumn. 

 H 'a Mtat— -The specimen photographed was found growing in 



mixed woods in Pennsylvania. 



Stri-at'-u-la Vl'-rens 



Ara-e-thys'-tl-na 



Pal-H-dt-fo'-lI-a 

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