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234. Psalliota diminutiva Pk. (Edibli 

 N. V. State Mus. Rep. 26, L874. 



Illustrations: X. V. State Mus. Rep. •",!, I']. 71. Pig. IS. L901. 



Plate L of this report. 



PILEUS l > -.~> fin. broad, Fragile, convex thru plane, sometimes 

 subdepressed, silky-fibrillose, the fibrils forming delicate, pinkish 

 drat to reddish brown scales toward center <m<i mi dish, paler and 

 denuded on margin, while or kinged gray under fibrils, aol striate. 

 FLESB thin, whitish. GILLS five, not remote, thin, close, moder 

 ately broad, ventricose, edge entire. STEM •".."> em. long (rarely 

 longer), 2-5 nun. thick, equal or tapering upwards, stuffed i>.\ deli 

 cate white pith then hollow, glabrous, innately silky, even, whitish, 

 sometimes subbulbous ;it base. ANNULTJS delicate, thin, rather 

 persistent, narrow, whitish. STEKILE CELLS on edge none. 

 J'.ASIDIA l'Txo-C, micr., 4-spored. ODOK and TASTE none. 



Solitary or gregarious on mossy ground, or among leaf-mould in 

 low moist frondose or mixed woods. Throughout the State. August- 

 September (rarely in spring). Frequent. 



This dainty little Psalliota is known by its delicate pinkish or 

 reddish fibrils on the cap. the entire gills and persistent annulus. 

 It is not supposed to possess, like the preceding, the yellowish 

 stains on cap and base of stem, but specimens are found which have 

 this character which do not seem to belong elsewhere. As they 

 are rather scattered in occurrence no sufficient study has been 

 made of these forms, ft may he that several little species run into 

 each other. Peck says they are very palatable when fried in butter, 



hut their small size does no1 attract the collector who is looking for 



a meal. 



235. Psalliota echinata Fr. 



Syst. Myc. 1821. 



Illustrations: Patouillard, Tab. Analyt., No. L55 (as Pholiqta). 

 Cooke, III.. PI. 395 (as Inocybe). 

 Ricken, Blatterpilze, PL 31, Fig. 6 (as Inocvbe) . 

 Montagne, in Ann. Sci. Nat. 1836, PI. 10, Fig. - (as Vgaricus 

 oxyosmus). 

 PILEUS 1-3 cm. broad, obtusely campanulate then expanded. 

 margin ;it first incurved and somewhat appendiculate, then recurved, 



densely covered with smoky -brown, minute-floCCOSe, wail like or 



