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14. Crepidotus pecten (Berk. & Curt.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 5: 885. 
1887. 
Agaricus pecten Berk. & Curt. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. III. 4: 292. 1859. 
Pileus resupinate to reflexed, flabelliform, 4 mm. broad; surface tomentose, ochraceous, 
margin crenate-sulcate; context white; lamellae rather broad, umbrinous at maturity, the 
edges fimbriate; spores subellipsoid, pale-ochraceous, 7-8 u long. 
TYPE LOCALITY: North Carolina. 
Hasitat: On dead branches. 
DisTRIBUTION: North Carolina, 
15. Crepidotus distans Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 44: 
132 (20). 1891. 
Pileus membranous, convex, 4-8 mm. broad; surface distantly sulcate-striate, minutely 
pubescent, tawny; lamellae broad, ventricose, very distant, adnate, concolorous; spores ellip- 
soid, 10-12.5 X 6-7.5 uw; stipe minute. eccentric, reddish-brown, about 2 mm. long. 
TypPr LocaLity: Carrollton, New York. 
Hasrtat: On the bark of a thorn tree, Crataegus tomentosa. 
DistRIBuTION: Known only from the type locality. 
InLustTrations: Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 44: pl. 2, f. 4-7. 
16. Crepidotus sepiarius Peck, Bull. Torrey Club 25: 324. 1898. 
Pileus thin, convex, subumbilicate, 4-8 mm. broad; surface even, very minutely squamu- 
lose, grayish-tawny; lamellae adnexed, minutely crenulate on the edges, tawny; spores broadly 
ellipsoid, commonly uninucleate, 9-10 X 6 y; stipe short, curved, generally eccentric, rarely 
central, brownish, sometimes mealy or pulverulent, 2~4 mm. long. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Michigan. 
HasitaT: On oak rails. 
DIstTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
17. Crepidotus croceitinctus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 
39: 72. 1887. 
Pileus convex or nearly plane, sessile, 1-2.5 cm. broad; surface glabrous, sometimes 
with a white villosity at the base, moist, yellowish; lamellae moderately broad, rounded 
behind, whitish, becoming dull-saffron-yellow, then ferruginous; spores subglobose or broadly 
ellipsoid, ferruginous, 5-6 yw long. 
Type Locauity: Adirondack Mountains, New York. 
Hasitat: On decaying deciduous wood. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
18. Crepidotus nephrodes (Berk. & Curt.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 5: 882. 
1887. 
Agaricus nephrodes Berk. & Curt. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. II. 12: 422. 1853. 
Pileus thin, plane, suborbicular, reniform or subspatulate, gregarious, sometimes im- 
bricate, 2.5 cm. or more broad; surface dingy, with yellowish-white down, margin inflexed, 
flesh-white; lamellae gradually attenuate behind, concolorous, ventricose; spores globose, 
rosy-ferruginous; stipe obsolete or very short. 
Tyre LocaLity: South Carolina. 
HasitTat: On dead wood. 
DistTRIBUTION: North Carolina and South Carolina. 
19. Crepidotus crocophylius (Berk.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 5: 886. 1887. 
Agaricus crocophyllus Berk. Lond. Jour. Bot. 6: 313, 1847. 
Pileus sessile, not at first resupinate, subflabelliform, convex, scarcely 12 mm. broad; 
surface ochraceous-brown, clothed with minute, appressed scales; lamellae rather broad, 
crowded, rounded behind, orange; spores subglobose, pale-ochraceous-yellow, 6 yu; stipe 
wanting. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Waynesville, Ohio. 
Hasirat: On dead logs. 
DISTRIBUTION: Ohio. 
