Rhodosporsa 



whitish, becoming flesh-colored. Stem short, equal or tapering down- ciitopiius. 

 ward, solid, glabrous, colored like the pileus. Spores subelliptical, 

 pale incarnate, 7.510x56^. 



PiletlS 2-3 in. broad. Stem 8-18 lines long, 4-6 lines thick. 



Pastures. Saratoga county. 



The species is related to C. prunulus from which it is distinct by its 

 shorter, paler spores, its glabrous pileus cracked in areas on the disk 

 and tinged with red or yellowish and by its paler gills. From C. pseudo- 

 orcella it differs in its glabrous pileus with no silky luster and in its 

 closer gills. Its odor is obsolete but it has a farinaceous flavor. It is 

 probably esculent, but has not been found in sufficient quantity to afford 

 a test of qualities. Peck, 426 Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



C. unitinct'llS Pk. one-colored. Pileus thin, submembranaceous, 



flexible, convex or nearly plane, centrally depressed or umbilicate, 

 glabrous, subshining, often concentrically rivulose, grayish or grayish- 

 brown. Flesh whitish or grayish-white, odor obsolete, taste mild. 

 Gills narrow, moderately close, adnate or slightly decurrent, colored like 

 the pileus. Stem slender, straight or flexuous, subtenacious, equal, 

 slightly pruinose, grayish-brown, with a close white myceloid tomentum 

 at the base and white root-like fibers of mycelium permeating the soil. 

 Spores elliptical, 7.5x5^. 



Var. atbidus. Whitish or grayish-white, not rivulose. Gills broader. 

 Spores brownish flesh-color. 



Pileus 6 1 6 lines broad. Stem about I in. long, I line thick. 



Woods of pine or balsam. Albany and Essex counties. Autumn. 



The variety is a little paler than the typical form, with gills a little 

 broader, but is probably not specifically distinct. Peck, 42d Rep. N. 

 Y. State Bot. 



I have not seen this species. Edibility not reported. 



B. SPORES ANGULAR OR IRREGULAR. 

 I . Pileus not JiygropJianous. 



C. aborti'vus B. and C. abortive. (Plate LXIII, fig. i, 2, 3, p. 

 254.) Pileus fleshy, firm, convex or nearly plane, regular or irregu- 

 lar, dry, clothed with a minute silky tomentum, becoming smooth with 

 age, gray or grayish-brown. Flesh white, taste and odor subfarinace- 

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