Part 1, 1914] AGARICACBAK 21 



times inserted, avellaneous with a murinous tint; spores broadly ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 

 granular, 7-9 X 5-7 p ; stipe enlarged above, avellaneous, glabrous, densely longitudinally 

 striate, smooth and white at the base, white within, stuffed, having a rather tough rind, about 

 4 cm. long, 3.5 mm. thick below and 7 mm. thick above. 



Type collected in rich soil in thin deciduous woods near the New York Botanical Garden, New 

 York City, June 4, 1912, E. C. Volkert. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



69. Melanoleuca subfuliginea Murrill, sp. nov. 



Pileus convex, umbonate, solitary, 3 cm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous, avellaneous,. 

 dark-avellaneous at the center, becoming chestnut-colored on the umbo after drying, margin 

 incurved, blackening on drying; lamellae sinuate, plane, crowded, broad, regular, pale-avel- 

 laneous, becoming smoky-umbrinous on drying; spores ellipsoid, pointed at one end, smooth, 

 hyaline, 6-7X3-4 p; stipe tapering upward from a bulbous base, smooth, dry, glabrous, white 

 with a grayish tint, 4 cm. long, 1 cm. thick. 



Type collected in leaf-mold in deciduous woods at Stockbridge, Massachusetts, October 3-4, 

 1911, W. Oilman Thompson fr W. A. Murrill. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



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70. Melanoleuca Tottenii Murrill, sp. nov. 



Pileus firm, convex to nearly plane, regular or slightly lobed, very rigid on drying, reaching 

 6 cm. broad; surface very smooth, glabrous, pale-grayish-tan with brownish tints in the center 

 and indistinct areas of pinkish-lilac; margin thin, projecting, sharply incurved on drying; 

 context white with a faint rosy tint, very thin except at the center; lamellae deeply sinuate, 

 sometimes separating from the stipe, rather distant, broad, ventricose, toughish to rigid, white, 

 becoming tinged with umbrinous to smoke-colored with age or on drying; spores ellipsoid, 

 smooth, hyaline, 4.5-6.5X3-3.5 /x; stipe rather short and thick, subequal, white with a faint 

 lilac tint, smooth, glabrous, shining, solid or spongy, faintly tinged with rose within, about 3-5 

 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. thick. 



Type collected on the ground in woods in Battle's Park, north of the cemetery, at Chapel Hill, 

 North Carolina, November 25, 1913, W. C. Coker & H. R. Totten 1008. Also collected in mixed 

 woods in the same vicinity, October 28, 1913, W. C. Coker & H. R. Totten 949. 



Distribution : Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 



71. Melanoleuca resplendens (Fries) Murrill. 



Tricholoma resplendens Fries, Monog. Hymen. Suec. ed. 2. 1 : 55. 1857; 



Pileus fleshy, convex to nearly plane, gregarious, 5-10 cm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous, 

 viscid, white, becoming yellow and slightly silky on the disk, shining and often hyaline-spotted 

 when dried, margin straight; context white, taste mild, odor pleasant; lamellae nearly free when 

 young, then emarginate, somewhat crowded, rather thick, entire, white; spores 7.5 X4 fi; stipe 

 solid, glabrous, slightly floccose at the apex, equal or subbulbous, smooth, white, dry, 5-7.5 

 cm. long, 8-16 mm. thick. 



Type wxiality: Sweden. 



Habitat: Ground in woods. 



Distribution: Massachusetts, New York, and North Carolina; also in Em-ope. 



Illustrations: Fries, Ic. Hymen, pi. 29; Gill. Champ. Fr. pi. 695; Cooke, Brit. Fungi pi. 55 {64). 



72. Melanoleuca subresplendens Murrill, sp. nov. 



Pileus fleshy, convex, solitary, 8.5 cm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous, milk-white, 

 slightly viscid when moist, not at all silky, margin distinctly lobed, concolorous ; context white, 

 with farinaceous taste and odor ; lamellae plane in mass, sinuate, crowded, rather broad, uneven 

 on the edges, pallid, becoming avellaneous or subf uliginous on drying; spores ellipsoid, smooth, 

 hyaline, 6-7 X 4-5 m ; stipe slightly tapering downward, smooth, glabrous, whitish but not 

 shining, solid with a fibrous rind, not at all bulbous, 7 cm. long, 1.3-2 cm. thick. 



Type collected on the ground in woods at Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, New York, October 



27, 1912, R. A. Harper. 



Distribution : Known only from the type locality. 



