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3. Pleuropus lignicola Murrill, sp. nov. 
Pileus firm, regular in shape, convex to subexpanded, depressed or umbilicate, gregarious, 
1.5-2.5 cm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous, somewhat hygrophanous, uniformly pallid or 
whitish, margin entire, concolorous, not striate, strongly inrolled; context pallid, with some- 
what unpleasant taste; lamellae short-decurrent, subdistant, rather narrow, white to salmon- 
colored, entire and concolorous on the edges; spores subglobose, angular, rose-colored, about 
8 X 7 4; stipe long, equal, smooth, glabrous, concolorous, spongy within, 5-6 cm. long, 2-4 mm. 
thick. 
Type collected on decayed wood at Redding, Connecticut, July, 1902, F. S. Earle 64f (herb. 
N. Y. Bot. Gard.). . 
DIstR1iBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
4. Pleuropus Woodianus (Peck) Murrill. 
Agaricus Woodianus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. ¥. State Mus. 24: 65. 1872. 
Clitopilus Woodianus Sacc. Syll. Fung. 5: 706. 1887. 
Pileus fleshy, thin, convex or expanded, umbilicate or centrally depressed, 2.5-5 cm. broad; 
surface hygrophanous when moist, whitish or yellowish-white and shining when dry, margin 
striatulate when moist, often wavy or flexuous; lamellae crowded, adnate-decurrent, whitish, 
becoming flesh-colored; spores subglobose, irregular, 8.7 4; stipe equal, flexuous, shining, con- 
colorous, solid or hollow from the erosion of insects, 7.5 cm. long, 4 mm. thick. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Greig, New York. 
Hasrrat: On the ground and on old logs in woods. 
DiIsTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
5. Pleuropus caespitosus (Peck) Murrill. 
Chitopilus caespitosus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 41: 65. 1888. 
Pileus at first convex, firm, nearly regular, becoming nearly plane, fragile, often irregular 
or eccentric from its tufted mode of growth, mostly cespitose but varying at times to solitary, 
2.5-10 em. broad; surface glabrous but with a slight silky luster, shining-white, becoming 
whitish; context white, the taste mild; lamellae narrow, thin, crowded, slightly rounded 
behind or subsinuate to slightly decurrent, whitish, becoming dingy-incarnate; spores very 
pale pink, 5 X 44; stipe solid, silky-fibrillose, white, slightly mealy at the apex, 3.5-7.5 cm. 
long, 4-8 mm. thick. 
TYPE LOcALITY: Catskill Mountains, New York. 
Hasrrat: In thin woods and pastures or on lawns. 
DIstRIBUTION: New England to the District of Columbia. 
Exsiccati: Shear, N. Y. Fungi 11. 
6. Pleuropus Melilotus (Berk. & Curt.) Murrill. 
Agaricus Melilotus Berk. & Curt. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. III. 4: 290. 1859. 
Clitopilus Melilotus Sacc. Syll. Fung. 5: 703. 1887. 
Pileus convex, centrally depressed, 5 em. broad; surface smooth, glabrous, margin in- 
curved; context having a strong odor of melilot when dry; lamellae decurrent, broad, thin; 
spores irregular, 8 »; stipe subequal, striate, fibrillose, 6 cm. long, 8 mm. thick. 
TYPE LOCALITY: New England. 
HABiItaTs On the ground. 
DisTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
7. Pleuropus prunulus (Scop.) Murrill. 
Agaricus prunulus Scop. Fl. Carn. ed. 2. 2: 437. 1772. 
Chitopilus prunulus Quél. Champ. Jura Vosg. 87. 1872. 
Pileus fleshy, compact, at first convex and regular, becoming repand, 5-10 cm. broad; 
surface dry, pruinose, white or cinereous-white; context white, unchangeable, with a pleasant, 
farinaceous odor; lamellae deeply decurrent, subdistant, flesh-colored; spores subellipsoid, 
pointed at each end, 10-11 X 5-6 y; stipe solid, naked, striate, white, 2.5—-5 cm. long, 6-10 mm. 
thick. 
TYPE LOcALIty: Europe. 
Hasirat: In woods. 
