302 
NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 
The plants grow in groups in or near the borders of woods. They 
appear in July. The species is rare with us. It was first found by 
me in 1869, near Greenport, Suffolk county. The second locality 
known to me is near Gansevoort, Saratoga county, where it was 
recently found growing in a field but near the borders of some 
woods. Its edible character was tested and it was found to be 
agreeable and harmless but not highly flavored. It is much like 
the sheathed Amanitopsis in this respect. European authors do not 
appear to have included it among the edible species. 
Clitocybe monadelpha Morg. 
Clustered Clitocybe 
Plate 51, ; fig. 1-5. 
Pileus fleshy, convex becoming nearly plane or somewhat de¬ 
pressed, at first gdabrous or nearly so, then squamulose or virgate, 
variable in color, honey-color, pale reddish brown or reddish, the 
margin even, flesh white or whitish; lamellae moderately close, dis¬ 
tinctly decurrent, whitish or pale flesh color; stem long, solid, 
crooked, fibrous, tapering at the base, shining, pallid or brown; 
spores subelliptic, .0003 in. long, .0002 broad. 
The clustered Clitocybe is a rare species in our state and has been 
found by me in one locality only. It is apparently more plentiful 
farther west. It resembles the honey-colored armillaria in size and 
general appearance, but it may be distinguished by the entire ab¬ 
sence of a veil and a collar, by its decidedly decurrent gills and by 
its solid stem. The cap in the typical western form is at first smooth 
but it finally becomes scaly. In the eastern form it is smooth or 
nearly so when young, but it is soon adorned with minute tufted 
fibrils or fibrillose scales in the center and with darker lines or closely 
pressed fibrils toward the even margin. The color in our specimens 
is a pale reddish brown, a little darker than isabelline and approach¬ 
ing tusset. The western form varies from honey-color to- reddish 
brown. The gills are whitish or pallid and they run down on the 
stem, gradually tapering to a point. The stems are densely clus¬ 
tered and united at the base, forming tufts of many individuals. 
They are more or less irregular, twisted, crooked and tapering 
