HEBELOMA. 65 



I. pyriodorus. Pk. Pear-scented Inocybe. 



Pileus, conical, obtuse, margin revolute, at last fribro- 



sqnamulose, fleshy, flesh whitish. 



Gills, sinuate, dirty white, then light clay. 



Stem, stuffed, firm, fibrillose, mealy, and pale above. 



In open woods, on rich ground. Where this species wants rich soil 

 the lacerus wants poor soil. Spring Creek woods, near the Lehigh creek. 



I. geophyllus. Sow. The Earth Inocybe. 



Pileus, strongly conical, expanded, umbonate, white, silky, 



flbrillose, dry. 



Gills, adnexed, white at first, then earth-colored. 



Stem, one to two inches high, subbulbosus, firm, mealy 



above. 



On the ground in open woods. Common throughout the Lehigh Valley. 



Genus XVIII. HEBBI/OMA. 



Partial veil, fibrillose clothed. Stem somewhat mealy at the 

 apex. Margin of pileus incurved. Gills sinuate, adnate, edge 

 more or less of a different color, whitish. Cuticle of pileus 

 continuous, smooth, viscid. Spores clay-colored. Growing on 

 the ground. Corresponds with Tricholoma in the white-spored 

 group. 



H. glutinosa. Linn. 



Pileus, one to three inches, yellow-white, disk darker, con- 

 vex, plane, viscous gluten, ia wet weather flesh white, becom- 

 ing yellow. 



Gills, sinuate, adnate, somewhat decurrent, pallid, light 

 yellow, clay color. 



Stem, stuff jd, somewhat bulbous. 



Partial veil in form of a cortina. Yoder's open woods. Late. 



