Spores 5×3µ Massee; 4×3µ W.G.S.
Biological grounds, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. May to November, 1898. McIlvaine.
A species one is glad to find. It has a healthy substantial presence full of promise. It is a solitary grower among grass on lawns and pastures, but its individuals are neighborly. Caps and stems are excellent.
Grouped by F.D. Briscoe—Studies by C. McIlvaine. Plate XXIV.
| Fig. | Page. | Fig. | Page. | ||
| 1–2–3. | Clitocybe ochropurpurea, | [108] | 8. | Clitocybe amethystina, | [107] |
| 4. | Clitocybe ochropurpurea (section), | [108] | 9. | Clitocybe odora, | [90] |
| 5. | Clitocybe maxima, | [99] | 10. | Clitocybe laccata, | [107] |
| 6. | Clitocybe maxima (section), | [99] | 11. | Clitocybe infundibuliformis, | [100] |
| 7. | Clitocybe nebularis, | [85] |
CLITO´CYBE Fr.
Gr.—sloping. (From the depression of the pileus.)
Pileus generally fleshy, becoming thin toward the margin, flexible or tough, plane or depressed, margin involute. Gills adnate or decurrent, never sinuate. Stem confluent and homogeneous with flesh of pileus, somewhat elastic, with a spongy stuffing, frequently becoming hollow, externally fibrous. Universal veil when present conspicuous on the pileus like frost or silky dew, but commonly wanting.
Growing on the ground, frequently in groups. The thinner and hygrophanous species appear late in autumn. Some are quite fragrant. Collybia, Mycena and Omphalia are separated by their stems being cartilaginous, not externally fibrous as in Clitocybe. Tricholoma by its sinuate gills.