130 NORTH AMERICAN FLORA [VoLumE 10 
free, crowded, ventricose, whitish to brownish-pink; spores subglobose, rose-colored, about 6 u; 
stipe cylindric, glabrous, honey-yellow, 2-4 cm. long, 2 mm. thick. 
Type collected on rotten wood at West Park, New York, July 30, 1903, F. S. Earle 1589 (herb. 
N. Y. Bot. Gard.). 
DisTRIBUTION: New York and Connecticut. 
10. Pluteus nanellus Murrill, sp. nov. 
Pileus small, convex, not fully expanding, slightly umbonate, solitary, 13 mm. broad; 
surface dry, apparently glabrous, but minutely tomentose under a lens, smooth, not striate, 
pale-bay, castaneous on drying, margin concolorous, rivulose; lamellae free, crowded, ventri- 
cose, white to salmon-colored, the edges white and serrulate; spores globose, smooth, rose- 
colored, 5-6 y; stipe slender, equal, smooth, glabrous, flattened on drying, snow-white, 2 cm. 
long, 1-1.5 mm. thick. 
Type collected on a dead log in woods at Lake Placid, Adirondack Mountains, New York, 
July 17-29, 1912, W. A. & Edna I. Murrill 73 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). 
DisTRIBUTION: Northern New York. 
11. Pluteus glabrescens Murrill, sp. nov. 
Pileus convex, 2 cm. broad; surface subviscid, glabrous, shining, yellowish-brown, becom- 
ing dark-brown on drying; lamellae free, crowded, subventricose, pale-pink; spores subglobose, 
6-7 »; stipe cylindric, glabrous, white with a flesh-colored tint, hollow, 7 cm. long, 4 mm. 
thick. 
Type collected on rotten wood at West Park, New York, August, 1903, F. S. Earle 1740 (herb. 
N.Y. Bot. Gard.). 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
12. Pluteus admirabilis Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 38: 317. 
1885. 
Agaricus admirabilis Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 24: 64. 1872. 
Pileus thin, convex or expanded, generally broadly umbonate, 1.2-2 cm. broad; surface 
glabrous, rugose-reticulate, yellow or brown, moist or hygrophanous, margin striatulate when 
moist, often obscurely striate when dry, lamellae crowded, broad, rounded behind, ventricose, 
whitish or yellowish, becoming flesh-colored; spores subglobose or broadly ellipsoid, 6—7.5 
X 6p; stipe slender, glabrous, hollow, equal or slightly thickened at the base, yellow or yel- 
lowish-white, with white mycelium at the base, 2.5-5 cm. long, 1-2 mm. thick. 
Tyres Locality: Greig, New York. . 
Hasirat: On decaying wood and prostrate trunks in forests. 
DistRIsuTION: New York to Wisconsin and seuth to Virginia and Tennessee. 
13. Pluteus squamosidiscus Murrill, sp. nov. 
Pileus thin but firm, convex, 2.5 cm. broad; surface moist, fawn-colored, darker and 
covered with conic, darker brown scales on the disk, margin striate; lamellae free, crowded, 
moderately broad, pallid to dark-pink; spores broadly ellipsoid, smooth, rose-colored, 7-8.5 
X 5-6.5 uw; stipe cylindric, glabrous, shining, pallid-white, solid, 3.5 em. long, 2 mm. thick. 
Las collected in a swamp at New Orleans, Louisiana, September 5, 1908, F..S. Earle 55 (herb. 
N. Y. Bot. Gard.). 
et acre. Known only from the type locality. 
14. Pluteus umbrinidiscus Murrill, sp. nov. 
Pileus convex, with a small umbo, not fully expanding, 2.5 cm. broad; surface hygro- 
phanous, glabrous, although appearing subtomentose, avellaneous-umbrinous, umbrinous on 
the umbo, margin entire, paler, distinctly striate for a distance of 7-8 mm.; lamellae free, 
broad, ventricose, subcrowded, white to salmon-colored, entire and slightly whitish-pubescent 
on the edges; spores broadly ellipsoid, smooth, rose-colored, 7-8 X 6 y; stipe cylindric, equal, 
smooth, glabrous, snow-white, 5 cm. long, 3 mm. thick. 
Type collected on a dead log at Lake Placid, Adirondack Mountains, New Vork, July 17-29, 
1912, W. A. & Edna L. Murrill (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). 
Deeds Known only from the type locality. 
