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38. A. ILLUDENS, Schw.—Ceespitose, reddish-yellow. Pileus fleshy, 
glabrous, umbonate, convex, then expanded and depressed. Stipe very 
long, firm, solid, glabrous, tapering at the base. Lamelle unequally 
decurrent. 
In woods, growing in great masses about old stumps. Pileus com. 
monly 4-6 in. broad, stipe 5-8 in. long, but these dimensions are some- 
times much exceeded. This is a very showy and magnificent plant ; 
it isa native of thiscountry. It was first found in the woods of North 
Carolina, by Louis de Schweinitz; it occurs in New England, New 
York, Pennsylvania, and no doubt ranges westward to beyond the 
Mississippi. These great masses of bright saffron-yellow color attract 
the attention of the beholder at a great distance through the open 
woods. Passing its prime it begins to blacken. 
39, A. MONADELPHUS, n. sp.—Densely ceespitose. Pileus fleshy, con- 
vex, then depressed, at first glabrous, then scaly, honey color, varying to 
pallid-brownish or reddish. Stipe elongated, solid, crooked, twisted, 
fibrous, tapering at the base, pallid-brownish or flesh-color. Lamelle 
short, decurrent, not crowded, pallid flesh-color. Spores white, a little 
irregular .0076<.0055 mm. (See Plate IV.) 
On the ground in wet woods from spring to late autumn. Pileus 
1-3 in. in diameter, stipe 3-7 in. long. Symmetrical tufts of numerous 
(20-50) individuals spring up from a common point in the ground. 
~In some of the tufts the pilei are of a beautiful bright honey- 
yellow color, in others they are a dull yellow, dull reddish or 
even brownish. The pileus is finally more or less scaly. This species 
does not appear to be closely related to any other Clitocybe; in color 
and general appearance it much resembles slender specimens of 
Agaricus mellens, but there is no ring. 
C. Pileus infundibuliform ; lamelle equally decurrent. 
40, A. INFUNDIBULIFORMIS, Scheeff.—Pileus fleshy, compact, then 
soft, at first convex, umbonate, innate-silky, afterward infundibuliform, 
flaccid, expallent. Stipe spongy-stuffed, soft, elastic, thickened down- 
wards. Lamelle long-decurrent, a little close, pure white. 
Among mosses and leaves in woods, common. Pileus 2-3 in. across. 
Stipe 2-3 in. high. The color of the pileus varies from pale reddish to 
alutaceous, and passing into white, but not at first white; it is some- 
times variously crisped and lobed, the margin involute and downy, often 
pinched up into little raised striz. 
