Figure 69.—Clitocybe clavipes.
Clavipes is from clava, a club, and pes, a foot.
The pileus is one to two and a half inches broad, fleshy, rather spongy, convex to expanded, obtuse, even, smooth, gray or brownish, sometimes whitish toward the margin.
The gills are decurrent, descending, rather distant, nearly entire, rather broad, white.
The stem is two inches long, swollen at the base, attenuated upward, stuffed, spongy, fibrillose, livid sooty. Spores are elliptical, 6–7×4µ.
I found specimens on Cemetery Hill underneath pine trees. I sent some to Dr. Herbst and Prof. Atkinson; both pronounced them C. clavipes. They resemble quite closely C. nebularis. I have also found this plant in mixed woods. Edible and fairly good.
Clitocybe tornata. Fr.
Tornata means turned in a lathe; so called because of its neat and regular form.
The pileus is orbicular, plane, somewhat depressed, thin, smooth, shining, white, darker on the disk, very regular.
The gills are decurrent adnate, rather crowded, white.