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somewhat lateral and growing into one another; pilei imbricated, 

 fibrous, usually with the fibers matted and agglutinated into 

 appressed and wholly adnate squamules, margin dilated and 

 whitish-fimbriate at first, at length becoming entire and colored 

 like the rest of the pileus; hymenium inferior, concolorous with 

 the upper surface, papillose; spores concolorous wdth hyme- 

 nium, snuff-brown under the microscope, angular-tuberculate, 



7-9 X 6-8/i. 



Clusters often 5-8 cm. in diameter; individual pileus 2-3 cm. 

 long, 2-4 cm. broad, 1 mm. thick. 



On the ground in pine w^oods, growing up from the layer of 

 fallen leaves. Ontario to North Carolina and westward to 

 Ohio and Michigan. August to October. 



The clusters are sometimes central but more often wdth the 

 pilei lateral and triangular; sometimes the mass ascends small 

 sticks and then extends out from this support in reflexed forms; 

 the upper surface is usually uneven and dries somewhat depressed 

 between the adnate squamules. This species is distinguished 

 from ferruginous specimens of T. terrestris by the thicker and 

 entire margin of the pileus and by the absence of free squamules. 



Specimens examined: 

 Exsiccati: Ell. & Ev., Fun. Col., 1410. 

 Austria: G. Bresadola. 

 Ontario: Toronto, J. Dearness, comm. by C. G. Lloyd; Harraby, 



Lake Rosseau, E. T. and S. A. Harper, 682. 

 Maine: Portage, L. W. Riddle, 3. 

 New Hampshire: Shelburne, W. G. Farlow. 

 Vermont: Middlebury, Sudbury, Grand View Alt., E. A. Burt. 

 Massachusetts: A. P. D. Piguet, comm. by Dr. Farlow; Natick, 



G. E. Morris, No. E. 

 Connecticut: East Hartford, C. C. Hanmer, 1434- 

 New York: Alcove, C. L. Shear, 1009; East Galway, E. A. Burt; 



Ithaca, G. F. Atkinson, Cornell Univ. Herb., 3050, 19652. 

 Dist. of Columbia: Takoma Park, C. L. Shear, 799, 796; Wash- 

 ington, 0. F. Cook, 4, comm. by P. L. Ricker. 

 North Carohna: Asheville, H. C. Beardslee, 0341- 

 Ohio: A. P. Morgan (in Lloyd Herb.). 



Michigan: C. G. Lloyd, 4546; Lawton, L. A. Hawkins; Sailor's 

 Encampment, Allen and Stuntz, 1, Univ. of Wis. Herb. 



