Rather rare. Found in New Jersey among pines; in Pennsylvania in mixed woods.
Edible. Good texture and flavor.
Photographed by Dr. J.R. Weist. Plate XXVII.
CLITOCYBE MONADELPHA.
C. cyanophæ´a Fr. Gr.—blue. Pileus 3–4 in. broad, becoming bluish-dusky-brown, compact, convex then plane, obtuse, smooth. Stem 3 in. long, 1 in. thick at the base, attenuated upward, robust, solid, smooth, becoming azure-blue when young, abruptly white at the apex. Gills deeply decurrent, crowded, violaceous, then becoming pale.
New York, Albion. In woods. October. Edible. Dr. E.L. Cushing.
Specimens sent to me by Dr. Cushing are the first and only ones of the species I have seen. The description is accurate. The spores were cream color.
C. monadel´pha Morg.—monas, single; adelphos, a brother. From its cespitose habit. (Plate [XXVII].) Densely cespitose. Pileus fleshy, convex then depressed, at first glabrous, then scaly, honey color, varying to pallid-brownish or reddish. Stem elongated, solid, crooked, twisted, fibrous, tapering at the base, pallid-brownish or flesh color. Gills short, decurrent, not crowded, pallid flesh color. Spores white, a little irregular, 7.5×5.5µ.
On the ground in wet woods, spring to late autumn. Pileus 1–3 in. Stem 3–7 in. Morgan.