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membranaceous, tubseform, pervious, minutely floccose-squam- 

 ulose, drying avellaneous to snuff-brown, the margin erect or 

 decurved; stem short, hollow, black, with chamois-colored 

 pubescence at the base; hymenium even or somewhat rugose, 

 sometimes colored hke the pileus but in the type chamois- 

 colored; spores straw-yellow in the mass, even, obtuse, 12-15 

 X 7-8 M. 



Fructifications 4-7 cm. high; pileus 1-3^ cm. broad, 1-2^ 

 cm. long, 2-4 mm. thick. 



On the ground among mosses in woods. New York and 

 Missouri. June to September. Probably abundant in Missouri. 



Dr. Glatfelter noted a pleasant minty odor for the specimens. 

 This species closely resembles C. cornucopioides in form, but 

 differs from that species in having hymenium, spores, and base 

 of stem yellow. A collection from the same spot from which 

 the type collection came, but made in June two years later, 

 has the hymenium snuff-brown and approaches C. cornucopioides 

 in this respect. I am not aware of any data on C. ocreatus Pers. 

 except that based on the original description which is cited 

 above. That species has presumably not been collected by 

 European mycologists since the original collection from the 

 environs of Paris a century ago. Our specimens differ from 

 that description in having the stem yellow pubescent at the 

 base and the hymenium somewhat rugose, and they may differ 

 in other characters, e. g., spore colors, etc., not given in the 

 brief description of C ocreatus. Hence I give to our American 

 specimens a distinct name. 



Specimens examined: 

 New York: East Galway, E. A. Burt. 



Missouri: Meramec Highlands, A^. M. Glatfelter (in Mo. Bot. 

 Gard. Herb., 42585, type, and 42586-87); Columbia, B. M. 

 Duggar, 134. 



7. C. dubius Peck, Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 31 : 38. 1879. 



Illustrations : Hard, Mushrooms /. 380. 



Type : in Coll. New York State. 



Fructifications solitary or cespitose; pileus thin, infundi- 

 buliform or subtubiform, subfibrillose, dark brown or lurid 

 brown, pervious, the margin generally wavy and lobed; stem 

 short, hollow, colored like the hymenium; hymenium dark 



