64 AGARICINI. 



Genus XVII. INOCYBE^. Fr. Sys. Myc. Fibrehead. 



Universal veil fibrillose, concrete with the cuticle of the 

 pileus, often free at the margin in form of a cortina. Gills 

 somewhat sinuate, sometimes adnate. Spores fuscous-ferru- 

 ginous, corresponds with Tricholoma. It is readily dis- 

 tinguished by the silky fibrillose covering of the pileus, which 

 never has a distinct pellicle by the veil. All grow on the 

 ground. 



I. hirsutus. 



Pileus, one- half inch high when campanulate, one inch 

 when expanded, fuscous, squarrose with pilose scales, margin 

 fringed. 



Gills, adnexed, pallid, then fuscous, slightly toothed. 



Stem, solid, slender, fibrillose, scaly at the apex, dark-green 

 at the base. 



Trexlertown cemetery. 



I. scaber. Rough Inocybe. 

 Pileus, convex, fleshy, obtusely gibbous, scaly, margin 

 entire, grayish-brown. 



Gills, rounded near the stem, close. 

 Stem, solid, equal, fibrillose, veiled. 

 Common in damp woods. Grows on the ground. 



I. lacerus. Fr. Torn Inocybe. 



Pileus, convex, expanded, obtuse, umbonate, squamose, 

 fibrillose, dry. 



Gills, adnexed, ventricose, tinged with flesh-color, then 

 cinereous. 



Stem, slender, short, rufescent, one-half to one inch long. 



This species grows under trees, where there is not much grass, on bare, 

 clayey soil. Abundant in groups. June to November. Throughout our 

 Valley. 



