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20. Prunulus pulcherrimus (Peck) Murrill. 
Agaricus pulcherrimus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Cab. 23: 83. 1872. 
Mycena pulcherrima Sacc. Syll. Fung. 5: 288. 1887. 
Pileus subcampanulate or convex, rarely subumbonate, gregarious, 6-10 mm. broad; 
surface dull-yellow, a little darker on the disk, margin striatulate: lamellae adnexed, slightly 
uncinate, broad, subventricose, yellow: stipe thin, concolorous, hollow, white-villose at the 
base, 2.5-4 cm. long. 
TYPE LocaLity: Center, New York. 
Hapsrrat: Under pine trees. 
DIstTRIBUTION: New York. 
21. Prunulus connatipes (Berk. & Curt.) Murrill. 
Agaricus \Mycena) connatipes Berk. & Curt. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. III. 4: 286. 1859. 
Mycena connatipes Sacc. Syll. Fung. 14: 84. 1899. 
Pileus hemispheric, densely cespitose, 4-15 mm.. broad; surface alutaceous: lamellae 
adnate with a decurrent tooth, yellowish-white: stipe white, the bases connate, 5 cm. long, 
3 mm. thick. 
Tyee LOCALITY: North Carolina. 
Hasitat: On the ground. 
DISTRIBUTION: North Carolina. 
22. Prunulus farinaceus Murrill, sp. nov. 
Pileus conic to convex and at length plane, gibbous, gregarious, reaching 1.5 cm. broad; 
surface smooth, dry, glabrous, more or less striate, avellaneous-isabelline, margin entire, 
‘blackish, (probably frozen): context pallid, the odor and taste decidedly mealy; lamellae 
adnexed, broad, crowded, ventricose, grayish-white: spores ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 7-8 
X 45 uw: stipe cartilaginous, subequal, quite short for the genus, smooth, polished, brownish, 
paler at the apex, 3 cm. Jong, 2 mm. thick. 
Type collected in an open mossy field near the New York Botanical Garden, October 8, 911, 
W. A. Murrill & E. C. Volkert (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
ILLUSTRATION: Mycologia 6: pl. 137, 
23. Prunulus cervinialbus Murrill, sp. nov. 
Pileus hemispheric, not fully expanding, gregarious to subcespitose, 1 cm. broad; surface 
dry, glabrous, conspicuously rugose, fawn-colored, margin entire, not striate: lamellae adnate 
with a decurrent tooth, crowded, narrow, pure-white: cystidia spindle-shaped, 40-50 X 10-15 p: 
stipe slender, cylindric, equal, smooth, glabrous, subconcolorous, hollow, 4-7 cm. long, 1 mm. 
thick. 
Type collected by the roadside in the New York Botanical Garden, June 14, 1902, F. S. Earle 71 
(herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
24. Prunulus minutissimus Murrill, sp. nov. 
Pileus conic to campanulate, not expanding, slightly umbonate, solitary, 2. mm. broad; 
surface dry, smooth, glabrous, griseous, murinous on the disk, margin pallid, striate: lamellae 
adnate, of medium breadth and distance, white: stipe filiform, smooth, glabrous, murinous, 
1-2 cm. long, less than 1 mm. thick. 
pag collected among leaves in mixed woods at Unaka Springs, Tenn A t 18-24, 
1904, W. A. Murrill 909 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). iii ieee 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
25. Prunulus vulgaris (Pers.) Murrill. 
Agaricus vulgaris Pers. Tent. Disp. Fung. 24. 1797. 
Mycena vulgaris Quél. Champ. Jura Vosg. 74. 1872. 
Pileus submembranous, convex to depressed, usually papillate, gregarious, 4-8 mm. 
broad; surface viscid, fuscous or cinereous varying to reddish or whitish, the papilla darker, 
