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b\' its small, nodulose-angular spores, variable in shape, and by its 

 change of color on drying when it becomes dark, smoky umber or 

 fuliginous. Dried specimens are easily recognized by this blackening, 

 although Peck makes no remark about it. It seems to be a rare and 

 solitar}-gro\ving species. 



58 Inocybe subfulva Peck. This species and I. echinocarpa 

 E. & E. are considered synonyms by Massee ofl.gaillardi Gill. 

 I can not bring myself to believe that the spines on the spores of our 

 species are as bristle-like, or as long, as illustrated for I . g a i 1 - 

 lardi by Massee (Am. Bot., XVIII, 504. pi. 32, fig. 11) and by 

 Patouillard (Tab. Anaht., pi. 11, fig. 8). An examination of Ellis's 

 plants in two sets of N. Am. F. No. 1904, shows that I . echino- 

 carpa is identical microscopically widi I . subfulva Peck, 

 and, although apparently differing in stature, must be considered a 

 synonym of Peck's species. The hymenium lacks typical cystidia of 

 either kind, but there are present, widely scattered, cystlike sterile 

 cells which surpass the basidia slightly in length. The absence of 

 cystidia separates it from I. calospora and I. astero- 

 s p o r a . The spines on the spores are broader at the base, while in 

 I. calospora they are cylindrical rod-shape. The stature is that 

 of I. calospora. 



