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in the much smaller average size, somewhat different colors, and 

 a tendency to form longer and more truly fusiform spores. Ex- 

 siccati from Europe which I examined came from Sweden, 

 France, and the mountains of Italy; some are in the Atkinson 

 herbarium and some at the New York Botanical Garden. When 

 properly dried, the stems of the European form are regularly 

 and conspicuously " ochraceous- tawny " to "cinnamon-brown" 

 (Ridg.). The dried stems of the American form, when not 

 darkened by overheating, are always dull reddish; the caps also 

 become this color but tend- to assume darker shades of it. Well- 

 dried plants of the two forms do not "match." This American 

 form occurs definitely throughout the Rocky Mountain and 

 Pacific coast states. Specimens from California slightly larger 

 than usual are in the herbaria mentioned. Whether any of the 

 collections from the eastern United States usually referred to G. 

 viscidus actually belong here, I am unable to say. 



Comments 



Gomphidius flavipes Peck. — This must be a rare species. 

 The type specimens, as Murrill (Mycologia 14: 125) has already 

 pointed out, are of no value for comparison. The unusually 

 long spores are its principal claim to recognition. 



Gomphidius furcatus Peck. — Apparently a species of the 

 eastern United States only. It is probable that collections 

 referred at times to G. viscidus Fr. belong here. The spores of 

 the type material at Albany vary slightly longer than the length 

 given by Peck. (See synopsis in this paper.) I have found 

 this twice in Maryland, under pines; the pileus of these was 2-7 

 cm. broad, the stem up to 10 cm. long by 3-10 (12) mm. thick. 

 Peck's plants had more slender stems. The color of the fresh 

 pileus is "testaceous" (Ridg.), of the stem " congo-pink" : after 

 drying the color of both is pale reddish. Small specimens do 

 not always have the gills forked. This species differs from all 

 forms of G. viscidus in the absence of yellow in the stem. At 

 Albany, there is a collection by Earle from Alabama, marked 

 "G. alahamensis Earle." This is very probably G. furcatus. 

 It grew "among needles under pine," has forked gills and the 

 notes say that it was "pale reddish-brown throughout." 



