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50 Inocybe intricata Pk. One collection from Massachusetts. 



51 Inocybe proxiniella Karst. From Massachusetts and Missouri. 



52 Inocybe asterospora Quel. (Syn. /. diminuta Peck). Seven 



New York collections; also from Massachusetts and Missouri. 



Sect. L a c e r a e 



53 Inocybe nigrodisca Pk. One New York collection. 



=14 Inocybe ochraceo-scabrosa Atk. One New York collection 

 from Ithaca. 



Sect. Squarrosae 



55 Inocybe stellatospora (Pk.) Massee. Two New York collec- 



tions. 



56 Inocybe calospora Quel. (Syn. /. rigidipcs Peck). Three New 



York collections ; also from Missouri, Massachusetts and 

 Michigan. 



Ill Cystidia lacking 



A Spores nodulose or spiny 



Sect. Squarrosae 



57 Inocybe leptophylla Atk. (segregate of I. lanuginosa Fr.- 



Bres.). Two New York collections; also from Massachusetts. 



58 Inocybe subfulva Pk. (Syn. /. ecJiinocarpa E. & E.). Three 



New York collections. 



Comments 



I Inocybe subtomentosa Peck. This belongs to a very confus- 

 ing series of species, especially as to their macroscopic characters, 

 including L subdecurrens E. & E., I. caesariata Fr., 

 I. dulcamera A. & S., I. unicolor Peck and I. 1 o r i 1 - 

 1 a r d i a n a Murrill. They all lack cystidia. The tomentose or fibril- 

 lose-tomentose covering of the pileus of these species is of a texture 

 easily affected by weather conditions, so that mature plants or her- 

 barium specimens of the same species can be referred to the Sections 

 Velutinae, Lacerae or Squarrosae according to the 

 weather conditions ur.der which the plants developed. Plowever. all 

 of the series mentioned are clearly separable from I. subtomen- 

 tosa and I. subdecurrens by the subrenif orm spores. The 

 type of I. subtomentosa approaches more nearly in its external 

 appearance I. caesariata. The spores, however, are of the vari- 

 able kind, ranging in the type specimens from 7-9 micr. in length with 

 a few up to 10 and 11 micr., by 5- 6 micr. w^ide, a few 7 micr. Here- 

 after such a condition will be referred to thus: 7-9 (lo.ii) x 5-6 (7). 

 Other collections show a larger per cent, up to 5 or 10 per cent of 



