Clitocybe subdicolor Murrill 1916

Clitocybe subdicolor Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus thin, convex to depressed, gregarious, 2-4 cm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous, moist, hygrophanous, whitish or yellowish, margin thin, white, entire: context thin, watery, whitish, the taste somewhat nutty, the odor not characteristic; lamellae shortdecurrent or adnate, narrow, of medium distance, white, sometimes becoming slightly discolored or with a faint lilac tint: spores ellipsoid, smooth, hyaUne, 5-7 X 3-4 /x: stipe central, subequal, fleshy, hollow, smooth, glabrous, yellowish, 4-6 cm. long, about 5 mm. thick.
Type collected in humus in a dense redwood forest at La Honda, near Palo Alto, California, November 25, 1911, W. A. Murrill &^ L. R. Abrams 1247 (herb. N. Y. Bot, Gard.). Habitat: On the ground in coniferous forests. Distribution: Washington, Oregon, and California.