Murrill: Illustrations of Fungi 



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dant. It occurs in autumn in sandy soil under or near ever- 

 green trees in Europe and the northeastern United States. 



Clitocybe multiceps Peck 

 Many-headed Clitocybe 



Plate i. Figure 4. X 3 



Pileus 3-8 cm. broad, convex to expanded, smooth, glabrous, 

 watery-white to pale avellaneous-isabelline, the disk more gray- 

 ish ; flesh milk-white, mild, somewhat oily, firm and persistent ; 

 gills adnate or slightly decurrent, rarely sinuate, white or pale 

 stramineous, close and narrow ; spores globose, smooth, hyaline, 

 5-7^; stipe 5-10 cm. long, 7-15 mm. thick, cylindrical, equal, 

 solid or stuffed, firm, white or pale stramineous, pruinose above. 



This species occurs in wet weather in dense clusters on lawns, 

 especially in rather long grass, and is usually found in great 

 abundance when found at all. Its flesh is firm, with a slight oily 

 flavor, and sporophores may be kept for several days before cook- 

 ing. It is known only from New York and a few adjoining 

 states, but should stand transplanting in sod rather easily. Hav- 

 ing used it in quantity from my own lawn. I can recommend it as 

 a valuable edible species. 



Boletus scaber Bull. 



Rough-stemmed Boletus 



Plate 1. Figure 5. X J 



Pileus convex, 3-12 cm. broad, very variable in color, white, 

 red or brown, usually smooth and glabrous ; flesh white, becoming 

 slightly darker or flesh-colored when bruised ; tubes long, slender, 

 depressed about the stem, white or stramineous, becoming brown- 

 ish with age and flesh-colored or blackish when bruised ; spores 

 oblong, smooth, brown, 13-16 /x long; stem firm, solid, tapering 

 upward, 5-15 cm. long, 1-2 cm. thick, whitish, roughened with 

 numerous reddish or brownish dots or scales. 



This is a very handsome edible species and the most abundant 

 of the fleshy tube-bearing fungi, being found on the ground in 

 woods or groves from June to November. Most of the boleti 

 are edible, but a few are considered dangerous and should be 

 well known by the beginner before any specimens of the group 

 are collected for food. 



