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CLITOCYBE ADIRONDACKENSIS (Pk.) Sacc.
Figure 198, page 114
CLITOCYBE
PiLEUS 1-2 in. broad, thin, pliant, somewhat funnel-shaped with depressed
disk and elevated, decurved margin, dull whitish at first, then tinged buff, some-
times darkening to a dingy buff-brown, glabrous, not hygrophanous, slippery-
smooth when moist, margin even, flesh thin, white, lamellae decurrent, close
to crowded, very narrow and tapering toward each end, whitish, stipe 1-1 % in.
long, about J/g in. thick, straight, equal or shghtly swollen at the base, pruinose,
concolorous with the pileus or paler, stuffed, becoming hollow, spores smooth,
white, oval, apiculate, 4-6 X 2.5-3.5 n.
Scattered, on the ground among debris. Aug.-Oct.
The paUid color, rubbery-pliant consistency, and shppery, smooth pileus
are characteristic. It is a small species, not hkely to be collected for food, and
its edible qualities are not known.
CLITOCYBE AURANTIACA (Fr.) Studer Doubtful
Figure 158, page 91
PILEUS 1-3 in. broad, fleshy, pliant, convex to plane, becoming depressed
in age, orange-yellow to brownish orange, fibrillose to subtomentose, some-
times nearly smooth, margin at first involute, then elevated and somewhat
wavy. FLESH soft, thick in the center, thin on the margin, yellowish, odor and
taste mild, lamellae decurrent, crowded, forked, thin, narrow, bright orange
to salmon-tinged, stipe 1-2 in. long, ^4-^2 i^i- thick, tapering upward, min-
utely tomentose, pale orange, varying to brownish or pale yellowish, spongy
within, sometimes hollow.' spores white, elliptical, smooth, 5-7 X 3-4 /jl.
Gregarious on the ground or rotten wood, in both coniferous and fron-
dose woods. July-Oct.
This species has long been known as Cantharellus aurantiacus. The forked
lamellae suggest Cantharellus but in other respects it is not closely related to
other Cantharellus species. Some authors consider it better placed in Clitocybe
although Singer (1951) considers it to be more closely related to Paxillus and
treats it and one other southern species in the genus Hygrophoropsis.
It varies considerably in color from pale yellow to dark brown, but the
crowded, forked, orange lamellae are distinctive.
There have been conflicting reports in the hterature concerning its edi-
bility, some maintaining that it is poisonous and others that they have eaten it
quite safely. In view of this doubt it is not recommended or should be tried
only with caution, although Singer (1951) states that its edibility has been
established.
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