364 NORTH AMERICAN FLORA [VoLumE 9 
striatulate when moist: context whitish when dry, the odor distinct, farinaceous; lamellae rather 
broad, subdistant, rounded behind, adnexed, whitish, subcinereous, or dingy-yellowish: spores 
broadly ellipsoid, 5 X 44: stipe short, hollow, equal or slightly thickened at the base, 2.5-3.5 
em. long, about 4 mm. thick. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Salamanca, Cattaraugas County, New York. 
Hapsirat: Among fallen pine leaves in woods. : 
DiIstRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
43. Gymnopus ignobilis (P. Karst.) Murrill. 
Collybia ignobilis P. Karst. Bidr. Finl, Nat. Folk. 32: 160. 1879. 
Pileus slightly fleshy or membranous, slightly convex or plane with the disk slightly de- 
pressed, 1-2.5 cm. broad; surface glabrous, livid when moist, with a grayish reflection and the 
spreading margin obsoletely striatulate, grayish or pallid when dry: lamellae close, dingy or 
pale, emarginate: spores ellipsoid, guttulate, hyaline, 7-8 X 4 u: stipe equal, hollow, livid or 
pallid with a grayish or whitish, floccose pruinosity, 2.5—6 cm. long, 2-4 mm. thick. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Finland. : 
Hasitrat: On the ground in coniferous woods. . a 
DISTRIBUTION: New York; also in Europe. Reported from Chicago, Illinois. 
44, Gymnopus atratus (Fries) Murrill. 
Agaricus airatus Fries, Obs. Myc. 2: 215. 1818. 
Collybia atrata Quél. Champ. Jura Vosg. 331. 1873. 
Pileus thin, fleshy, convex, becoming umbilicate, 2.5-5 cm. broad; surface smooth, 
shining, glabrous, dull-blackish-brown, brown when dry, margin inflexed when young, entire 
to undulate or lobed, concolorous: lamellae adnate or adnexed, many times inserted; crowded, 
rather broad, grayish-white: spores ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 6 X 4: stipe short, equal, 
smooth, glabrous, brown within and without, hollow or stuffed, 2-3 cm. long, 2-4 mm. thick. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Europe. 
Hasitat: On dry earth among grass or bushes, often on burnt ground. 
DISTRIBUTION: New York to Ohio and Mexico; also in Europe. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Fries, Ic. Myc. ol. 70, f. 1; Hard, Mushrooms f. 83. 
45. Gymnopus discipes (Clements) Murrill. 
Collybia discipes Clements, Bot. Surv. Neb. 4:19. 1896. 
Pileus subcarnose, convex, at length explanate, the umbo wide; surface grayish-drab, 
glabrous, even, the umbo darker, grayish-brown, margin striate: lamellae free, remote, crowded, 
ventricose, pale-ochraceous: spores ellipsoid or ovoid, granular within, 5~6 x 3-4 wu: stipe 
cartilaginous, arising from a hypogaeous disk, glabrous, shining, white, stuffed. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Beatrice, Nebraska. 
Hasirat: On damp ground. 
DistRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
46. Gymnopus Earleae Murrill, sp. nov. 
Pileus rather fleshy, convex to subexpanded, cespitose, reaching 2.5 cm. broad; surface 
moist, smooth, glabrous, dark-brown when young, fading with age or on drying, subzonate at 
times; margin estriate, incurved and whitish-tomentose when young, becoming glabrous with 
age: context slightly unpleasant to the taste; lamellae almost free, inserted, crowded, dark- 
rosy-isabelline: stipe equal or slightly tapering upward, often compressed, whitish-tomentose 
to subglabrous, concolorous, the base enlarged and clothed with a tuft of long, strigose, reddish- 
yellow hairs, 2.5-4 cm. long, 2-4 mm. thick. 
Type collected among pine needles, twigs, and chips on moist di : 
Auburn, Alabama, April 22, 1900, Mrs. F. S. Earle (herb. N.Y. Bot. Gard.) ia aden 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
47. Gymnopus fuscolilacinus (Peck) Murrill. 
Agaricus (Collybia) fuscolilacinus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. Stat Mus. 39: 
Collybia fuscolilacina Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. Siate Mus. 49: 53. “1897, Ree ane 
Pileus thin, convex, 8-16 mm. broad: surface glabrous, hygrophanous, even and brown 
when moist, lila¢-brown and rugose when dry: lamellae close, ventricose, adnexed, brownish: 
