1914) Davis,— Fleshy Fungi of Stow, Massachusetts,—II 51 
season I find a few plants of Leptonia flavobrunnea Pk. originally found 
in Stow by the writer in 1908. The specific name fits this species 
admirably, for the gills are yellowish-brown. August 4-30, 1913, 
I found numerous specimens of a small Leptonia finally determined 
by Dr. Peck as L. gracilipes Pk. It grew very abundantly in and upon 
each side of a road leading through a large tract of mixed woods. ‘The 
same month I found in swamp woods a number of plants of a species 
of Leptonia finally determined to be L. validipes Pk. It is a very 
straight, shining, steel-blue plant and grew upon and at the base of a 
pile of vegetable humus. It is a small but very handsome plant; 
for descriptions of the last two species see Mycologia, Vol. V., No. 2, 
pp. 69, 70. 
Hebeloma discomorbidum Pk. was quite common during the fall of 
1911. “In the dried specimens the center of the pileus has a brown 
or discolored appearance, as if beginning to decay. This is suggestive 
of the specific name." See N. Y. State Mus. Bull. 139, p. 75. 
The genus Inocybe I must admit at once has a fascination for me 
only exceeded by the genus Hygrophorus. The species of the latter 
genus with few exceptions have been conspicuously absent from all my 
collecting grounds since 1908. On the contrary the species of Inocybe 
have loomed large for the past three years and I have tried to learn 
something about them from field observations, from my books, and 
under the guidance of Dr. Peck. At the outset let me say: “Unless 
you have and know how to use a microscope, drop this genus.” You 
cannot do anything with the numerous species unless you resort to a 
microscope to learn the nature of the spores and the presence or 
absence of cystidia. Even then you will be face to face with many 
an obstacle that will try your patience. Herein I shall record little 
more than an enumeration of my collections. During the past three 
years I have found and collected Z. infelix Pk., wmboninota PK., 
hiulea Fr., diminuta Pk., asterospora Quél., trechispora (Berk.) Karst., 
castancoides Pk., agglutinata Pk., rimosoides Pk., subochracea_ (Pk.) 
Mass., calospora Quél., eutheloides Pk., minima Pk., longispora Pk., 
and euthelella Pk. 
Unless otherwise stated all identifications of species mentioned were 
made by my good and very accommodating friend Dr. Charles Horton 
Peck, State Botanist, of Albany, N. Y., and such plants are in the 
N. Y. State Herbarium in said Albany. Many specimens also are 
in my possession, for I try diligently to find enough for correspondents 
