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Mycologia 



Clitocybe phyllophila (Pers.) Quel. 

 Leaf-loving Clitocybe 



Plate 3. X 1 



Pileus fleshy, convex or plane, becoming depressed or umbilicate, 

 obtuse, solitary or cespitose, 4-7 cm. broad ; surface smooth, dry, 

 white, silvery on the margin because of the silky veil ; lamellae 

 moderately broad, subdistant, adnate or slightly decurrent, white, 

 becoming yellowish-ochraceous ; spores ellipsoid, 6-8 x 3-5 fx ; stipe 

 equal, stuffed or hollow, tough, downy and incurved at the base, 

 spongy within, white, sometimes eccentric, 5-7 cm. long, 5-8 mm. 

 thick. 



A well-known European species found in the eastern United 

 States from New England to North Carolina and west to Wiscon- 

 sin. As its name implies, it is fond of fallen leaves and sticks in 

 woods. Peck does not list it as edible and I have not experimented 

 with it, but when it has been tried out it will very probably be 

 found among the edible species. The photograph was made from 

 plants collected at Stockbridge, Massachusetts, October 3, 191 1. 



Clitocybe subhirta Peck 

 Slightly-hairy Clitocybe 



Plate 4. X 1 



Pileus convex or nearly plane, sometimes slightly depressed, 2.5- 

 7 cm. broad ; surface at first hairy-tomentose, then nearly glabrous, 

 pale-yellow or buff, becoming whitish, margin incurved ; lamellae 

 crowded, adnate or decurrent, whitish or pale-yellow ; spores sub- 

 globose, 4-5 p ; stipe nearly equal, stuffed or hollow, sometimes 

 eccentric, 2.5-5 cm - l° n &> 6-10 mm. thick. 



A rare species, described from Brewerton, New York, and 

 known only from this state and Massachusetts. Its edible quali- 

 ties have not been tested. The photograph was made from plants 

 collected at Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in October, 191 1. 



Melanoleuca Thompsoniana Murrill 



Thompson's Melanoleuca 



Plate 5, X 1 



Pileus large and attractive, convex to plane with a broad umbo, 



