Murrill: Illustrations of Fungi 
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from plants collected in wood’s near New Rochelle, New York, by 
Miss Daisy Levy. This species is closely related to Sparassis 
crispa, which is often seen in European markets. It is edible, but 
unfortunately too rare to be of economic importance. 
Asterophora Clavus (Schaeff.) Murrill 
Nyctalis asterophora Fries 
Club-shaped Asterophora 
Plate 129. X 1 
Pileus hemispheric to depressed, usually distorted, gregarious, 
1-2.5 cm. broad ; surface white to fawn-colored or brownish, floc- 
cose, spongy, usually powdered with the brownish chlamydospores ; 
margin involute, thick ; context thick, fleshy, grayish-white, of 
farinaceous taste and odor ; lamellae thick, dull-grayish, distant, 
adnate, usually undeveloped ; spores not seen ; chlamydospores 
large, stellate, brownish, 15-20/4; stipe pruinose, white to brown- 
ish, stuffed or hollow, brown within, 1.5-2. 5 cm. long, 3-8 mm. 
thick. 
This tiny and peculiar parasitic agaric occurs on decaying sporo- 
phores of Russula, Lactaria, Chanter el, Clitocybe, and other large 
species of gill-fungi throughout Europe and the eastern United 
States. The sporophores are usually partly decayed and black- 
ened before the parasite comes to maturity. The gills are fold- 
like as in Chanterel, and the surface of the pileus often bears large 
star-shaped conidia, which give it a powdery appearance. 
Collybia maculata (Alb. & Schw.) Quel. 
Spotted Collybia 
Plate 130. X 1 
Pileus fleshy, firm, convex or nearly plane, 5-10 cm. broad ; sur- 
face even, glabrous, white or whitish, often variegated with red- 
dish spots or stains; context white; lamellae narrow, crowded, 
adnexed, sometimes nearly or quite free, white or whitish ; spores 
subglobose, at times slightly apiculate at one end, 4-6 n ; stipe firm, 
striate, white, usually stout, equal or subequal, often curved below, 
commonly attenuate and radicate at the base, 5-10 cm. long, 6-12 
mm. thick. 
This species is one of the largest of the genus and occurs in 
humus or on much decayed wood in woods throughout the greater 
