Multiceps means many heads; so called because many caps are found in one cluster. It is a very common plant around Chillicothe. It has been found within the city limits. It is quite a typical species, too, having all the characteristics of the genus. I have often seen over fifty caps in one cluster.
The pileus is white or gray, brownish-gray or buff; smooth, thin at the margin, convex, slightly moist in rainy weather.
The gills are white, crowded, narrow at each end, decurrent.
The stem is tough, elastic, fleshy, solid, tinged with the same color as the cap.
The pileus is one to three inches broad; grows in dense tufts. Spores are white, smooth and globose.
When found in June the plants are a shade whiter than in the fall. The fall plants are very much the oyster color. The early plant is a more tender one and better for table use, however, I do not regard it as excellent. They are found in woods, in old pastures by logs and stumps, and in lawns. June to October.
Clitocybe clavipes. Pers.
Photo by C. G. Lloyd.