212 NORTH AMERICAN FLORA [VoLuME 10 
subdecurrent, crowded, broad, golden to fulvous-ferruginous, the edges paler and crenulate; 
spores ellipsoid, apiculate at the base, ferruginous, 7 X 5 u; stipe fibrillose, pallid, hollow, 
attenuate above, 2-2.5 cm. long. 
TyPE LOCALITY: Chateau Belair, St. Vincent, West Indies. 
Hasrrat: On decayed trunks. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Jour. Bot. 30: pl. 323, f. 31-33. 
74, Gymnopilus palmicola Murrill, Mycologia 5: 23. 1913. 
Flammula palmicola Murrill, Mycologia 5: 36. 1913. 
Pileus convex to expanded, at length depressed, cespitose, 2-5 cm. broad; surface dry, 
floccose-squamose, pale-ferruginous to ochraceous, margin even, not striate; lamellae adnate, 
subcrowded, broad, at length ventricose, ferruginous at maturity; spores ellipsoid, ferruginous, 
echinulate-punctate, 10 X 64; stipe cylindric, slightly fibrillose, subconcolorous but paler, 
solid, fleshy, yellowish within, 3-5 cm. long, 3-5 mm. thick; veil strongly developed, pale- 
yellowish, subannulate. 
_ Type LocaLity: Cooper’s ranch at the base of El Yunque, near Baracoa, Cuba. 
Hasitat: On dead logs. * 
DIstRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
75. Gymnopilus pholiotoides Murrill, Mycologia 5: 24. 1913. 
Flammula pholiotoides Murrill, Mycologia 5: 36. 1913. 
Pileus firm, fleshy, convex, scattered, 3 cm. broad; surface ochraceous, cracking into 
scales, margin thin, not striate; context yellowish-white, mild to the taste; lamellae short- 
decurrent, crowded, of medium width, pale-ochraceous to bright-ferruginous; spores ellipsoid, 
conspicuously echinulate, ferruginous, 9 X 5 4; stipe subcylindric, concolorous or paler, slightly 
fibrillose, solid, 3 cm. long, 5 mm. thick; veil thick, membranous, forming an annulus, at 
least in young bymenophores. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Managua, Cuba. 
Hapirat: On a dead royal palm trunk. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
76. Gymnopilus parvulus Murrill, Mycologia 5: 19. 1913. 
Flammula parvula Murrill, Mycologia 5: 36. 1913. 
Pileus convex to nearly plane, subcespitose, reaching 2-4 cm. broad; surface moist but 
not viscid, flavous-ochraceous when young, becoming somewhat darker with age, decorated 
with conspicuous, erect, pointed scales or fibrils, which are isabelline to fulvous in color, margin 
striate, undulate, incurved on drying; context thin, pale-ochraceous, slightly bitter; lamellae 
narrow, subcrowded, adnate, sometimes with a decurrent tooth, isabelline to ferruginous- 
fulvous; spores ellipsoid, nearly smooth, ferruginous, 6-7 X 4p; stipe stout, concolorous or 
darker, slightly blackish toward the base, especially on drying, fibrillose, solid, becoming hol- 
low, rather fragile, 2-4 cm. long, 3-5 mm. thick; veil delicate, consisting of yellow fibrils, 
evanescent. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Castleton Gardens, Jamaica. 
Hasrrat: On dead logs. 
DISTRIBUTION: Jamaica. 
77. Gymnopilus hispidellus Murrill, Mycologia 5: 24. 1913. 
Flammula hispidella Murrill, Mycologia 5: 36. 1913. 
Pileus thin, convex, scattered or subcespitose, 2-4 cm. broad; surface pale-ochraceous. 
fibrillose, often punctate-squamose with erect, ferruginous scales, margin not striate; context 
slightly bitter; lamellae adnate, subcrowded, not uniform in breadth, yellow to fuscows- 
ferruginous; spores ellipsoid, fuscous-ferruginous, strongly punctate, 7X 5 #; stipe cylindric, 
subfibrillose, concolorous with darker base, solid, 2-4 cm. long, 2-4 mm. thick; veil yellowish, 
subannulate. 
TYPH LOCALITY: Cooper’s ranch at the base of El Yunque, near Baracoa, Cuba. 
Hasrtat: On old logs. 
DisTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
