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EDIBLE AND POISONOUS MUSHROOMS OF CANADA
CLITOPILUS ALBOGRISEUS Peck Edible
piLEUS )/2-l in. broad, convex at first, becoming plane and depressed to
umbilicate, pale gray, glabrous to slightly tomentose at the center, margin
inrolled, odor and taste farinaceous, lamellae adnate to decurrent, close,
rather broad, at first grayish, becoming pinkish, stipe Y2-I in. long, He-^ i^-
thick, equal, glabrous, pale gray, whitish at base, solid, spores pink, elongated,
angular, 9.5-12 X 6-8 m-
On the ground in mixed woods, in groups or solitary. July-Sept.
This small species is fairly common. It is reported to be edible but is too
small to be of any importance from that standpoint. C subplanus Peck is very
close but is said to lack the farinaceous odor. C. micropus Peck is supposed to
have slightly smaller spores, shorter stipe, and a more silky pileus. Some of our
specimens have rather short stipes, and pilei that are not entirely glabrous, but
they have the larger spores of C. albogriseus.
CLITOPILUS NOVEBORACENSIS Peck Doubtful
Figure 340, page 234
pileus %-2 in. broad, at first convex, becoming plane or slightly depressed,
ashy gray to whitish, somewhat zoned toward the margin, concentrically
rivulose, glabrous, margin inrolled. flesh thin, white, taste bitter, odor farina-
ceous. LAMELLAE dccurrent, crowded, narrow, ashy gray to pinkish flesh
colored, stipe 1-2 in. long, H6~!4 in. thick, nearly equal, pruinose to minutely
tomentose, white-tomentose at base, colored hke the pileus or paler, stuff'ed,
becoming hollow, spores pink, ovoid, very shghtly angular, nearly smooth,
4-6 X 3.5-4.5 /i.
Usually in groups on the ground in woods. July-Oct.
This species might be mistaken for Clitocybe cyathiformis (Bull, ex Fr.)
Kummer, which is similar in coloring and stature. The pink spores and con-
centrically rivulose pileus distinguish the Clitopilus, which appears to be the
more common of the two.
CLITOPILUS ORCELLUS (Bull, ex Fr.) Kummer Edible
Figure 256, page 173
PILEUS 1-2 in. broad, sometimes larger, convex at first, becoming plane to
depressed, grayish white to buff" or faintly yellowish, slightly viscid, silky,
margin inrolled, undulate or lobed. flesh white, rather thick, odor and taste
farinaceous, lamellae decurrent, close, narrow, white, becoming pinkish.
STIPE 1-2 in. long, V^-Vi in. thick, nearly equal or sometimes slightly swollen
in the middle, somewhat floccose-fibrillose, white, solid, sometimes excentric.
SPORES pinkish, fusiform, longitudinally striate or ridged, 9-1 1 X 5-6 m-
Solitary or in groups on the ground in open woods. July-Oct.
This fungus may not be distinct from C. prunulus (Scop, ex Fr.) Kummer.
The latter is not viscid, and has subdistant lamellae, but the viscidity of C
orcellus is not very pronounced. Both species have longitudinally ridged spores.
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