Agaricacese 



(Plate LXXVIIIc.) 



Naucoria. \vise very different, b. Another form occurs on naked, commonly burnt 

 soil, in late autumn, with almost the habit of N. pediades, but with a 

 different color of gills and spores; this form is firmer. Stem I in. long, 

 tense and straight, and color more ochraceous. Stevenson. 

 Spores 9P- B. and Br.; smooth, 6x3/A Massee. 



West Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, in grass and moss, along 

 damp wood margins. August to October. Mcllvaine. 



N. cerodes is not plentiful where I have found it. Enough has been 

 collected at a time to prove it esculent. It is tender, but has not much 

 flavor. 



N. stri'apes Cke. stria, a line; 

 pes, a foot. PileilS i-i/ in. broad, 

 ochraceous, bell-shaped, obtuse, then 

 expanded, smooth, even. Stem 2-3 

 in. long, 2 lines thick, hollow, equal, 

 erect or flexuous, white, longitudin- 

 ally striate. Gills slightly adnate be- 

 hind, rather distant, tawny rust-color. 

 Cespitose or gregarious. Among 

 grass on lawn. Stevenson. 



Spores narrowly elliptical, 1012 

 X4/X. Massee. 



New Jersey, Trenton. Growing 

 among leaves near dump. May to 

 November. E. B. Sterling. 



The few specimens tested were deli- 

 cate and of slight flavor. 



NAUCORIA STRIAPES. 



II. PH^E'OTI. 



N. pedi'ades Fr. Gr. t a plain. Pileus 1-2 in. broad, yellow or 

 pale yellowish-ochraceous then becoming pale, slightly fleshy, convex 

 then plane, obtuse, even, dry, smooth, at length crookedly cracked, but 

 always without striae. Flesh white. Stem 2-3 in. long, 1-2 lines 

 thick, stuffed with a pith, somewhat flexuous, tough, equal, but with a 

 small bulb at the base, slightly silky becoming even, yellowish. Gills 

 adnexed, 2 lines broad, at first crowded, at length somewhat distant, 

 somewhat dingy-brown, then dingy cinnamon. 



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