CLAUDIPUS. 71 



G. tener. 



Pileus, submembranaceous, conica-campanulate, obtuse, 

 watery. 



Stem, straight, fragile, rather shining. 

 Gills, crowded, adnate, broad. 

 Common in lawns. 



G. Hypnonim. Batsch. 



Pileus, membranaceous, conic, cinnamon, striated, watery 



when moist, pale when dry. 



Gills, ascending, cinnamon color, whitish at the edge. 



Stipe, cinnamon color. 



Very little difference in character to the above, only smaller, and 

 always found on a bed of moss. Common in our woods. 



Genus XXII. CI^AUDIPUS. Fr. Lame Foot. 



Pileus excentric, lateral or resupinate — that is, without a 

 stem. Spores rubiginous. A small group intermediate between 

 Hyporhodii and Dermini. 



C. variabilis. Pers. 



Pileus, white, thin, resupinate ; that is, gills turned 

 towards the light, tomentose, even, being fastened in the 

 center to a short villous stem. 



Gills, at first white, then the color of the spores. 



On rotten sticks. In nearly every open woods in the Valley. 



Series IV. PRATBI/I/I or ME^I^ANOSPOR^. 



Vxoin pratiim, a meadow. 



Spores, purple brown or dark brown. There are four genera 

 under this group. 



