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the surface; lamellae 4 to 7 lines broad, adnexed, easily splitting 
transversely, grayish-salmon, becoming clay-color; stem solid, 
glabrous, yellowish or cream-color, blunt at the base or sometimes 
attenuated and radicating ; spores subglobose, irregular or angular, 
-0003 to .0004 in. long. 
Pileus 2 to 6 in. broad; stems 3 to 4 in. long, 4 to 8 lines or 
more in thickness. 
Under oak trees. Pasadena. February. McClatchie. 
This plant is related to E. rhodopolium, but is separated from it 
by its darker color and solid stem. According to Prof. McClatchie, 
the fresh plants have a strong odor resembling that of ferric chlo- 
ride, and chemical tests showed the presence of iron. It is pro- 
nounced edible by him. 
LepToniA EDULIS. Pileus thin, convex or centrally depressed, 
with or without an umbo, velvety, dark-gray; lamellae rather 
broad, subventricose, adnexed ; moderately close, at first whitish 
or light drab, becoming flesh-color ; stem slender, hollow, colored 
_ like the pileus, often with an abundant white mycelioid tomentum 
at the base; spores subglobose, angular, apiculate at one end, 
0003 to .0004 in. long, containing a single large nucleus. 
Pileus 6 to 18 lines broad; stem 12 to 18 lines long, .5 to I 
line thick. 
Among grass and. weeds. Pasadena. _.January. | 
According to Prof. McClatchie, this plant when fresh has a 
nutty flavor and is edible. The velvety appearance of the pileus 
has disappeared from the dried specimens. In some, the margin 
of the pileus is striate, but in the fresh plant the margin is said to 
be even. 
Eccinia nicricans. Pileus thin, convex, umbilicate or cen- 
trally depressed, subzonate, unpolished, grayish-black ; lamellae 
broad, distant, decurrent, light-drab or brownish, becoming tinged 
with flesh-color; stem short, hollow, grayish-black, commonly 
with an abundant white mycelium ; spores angular, .0004 in. long, 
nearly as broad, containing a single large nucleus. : 
Pileus 6 to 18 lines broad; stem about 1 in. long, .5 to 1 line 
thick. 
_ Grassy ground. Pasadena. January. 
Prof. McClatchie’s notes say that this plant has the odor and 
flavor of butternuts and that it is delicious when cooked. Also 
that when fresh the pileus is tomentose and the margin even, but 
these characters are not clearly shown in the dried specimens. 
