Rhodospores 



margin slightly toothed. Smell strong and unpleasant, and taste disa- Voivaria. 

 greeable. M.J.B. VERY POISONOUS according to Letellier. Stev- 

 enson . 



Spores IQXQ/X, W.G.S.; elliptical, smooth, 10-12x6-7/1* Massee. 



Distinguished by the smoky, glutinous pileus. The measurement of 

 the spores as given by Saccardo (19x911) is certainly too large, and is 

 probably an uncorrected error. Massee. 



North Carolina, Ctirtis; South Carolina, Ravenel; Ontario, Dcarness; 

 California, Harkness and Moore ; Ohio, Morgan; Mississippi, Minne- 

 sota, Johnson. 



PLU'TEUS Fr. 



{Phiteus, a shed. From the conical shape of the pileus.) 



Stem fleshy, distinct from the pileus. Gills free, rounded behind piuteus. 

 (never emarginate), at first cohering, white, then colored by the spores. 



Generally growing on or near trunks of trees. 



Resembling Voivaria in all respects but the volva. Spores rosy. 



Several of the genus are edible. Piuteus cervinus is one of our earli- 

 est, persistent, plentiful, delicious food species. The caps of those 

 tested are tender, easily cooked and best fried. 



ANALYSIS OF SPECIES. 



*Cuticle of the pileus separating into fibrils or down, which at length 

 disappear. 



** Pileus frosted with atoms, somewhat powdery. 

 ***Pileus naked, smooth. 



* Cuticle of pileus fibrillose, etc. 



P. cervi'miS Schaeff. ccrvus, a deer. (Plate LXI, fig. I, p. 242.) 

 PileilS fleshy, at first campanulate, then convex or expanded, even, 

 glabrous, generally becoming fibrillose or slightly floccose-villose on the 

 disk, occasionally cracked, variable in color. Lamellae broad, some- 

 what ventricose, at first whitish, then flesh-colored. Stem equal or 

 slightly tapering upward, firm, solid, fibrillose or subglabrous, variable 

 in color. Spores broadly elliptical, 6.5-8x5-6.5^. 



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