Rhodosporae 



lobed and eccentric. Gills narrow, crowded, decurrent, some of them ciitopiius. 

 forked at the base, whitish with a pale flesh-colored tint. Stem equal, 

 sil'ky-fibrillose, hollow. Spores minute, globose or nearly so, 3.5-4/x. 

 long. 



Pileus 1-2.5 in- broad. Stem 1.5-2.5 in. long, 3-4 lines thick. 



Woods. Lewis county. September. Peck, 42 d Rep. N.Y. State Bot. 



LEPTO'NIA Fr. 



Gr. slender. 



Rosy-spored. Stem cartilaginous, 

 tubular (the tube stuffed or hollow), 

 polished, somewhat shining. Pileus 

 thin, umbilicate or with a darker 

 disk, cuticle fibrillose or separating 

 into darker scales, margin at first in- 

 curved. Gills at first adnexed or ad- 

 nate but readily separating. Fries. 



The Leptoniae are related to the 

 Clitopili as the Collybiae are to the 

 Clitocybas. The species are small, 

 elegant, brightly colored, inodorous 

 (except A. incanus), and abound in 

 rainy weather. Gregarious or grow- 

 ing in troops; on the ground, com- 

 monly on dry mossy pastures, but 

 also in marshy places. Stevenson. 



(Plate LXVI.) 



Leptonia. 



LEPTONIA. 



Six American species reported. I have not seen any. 



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