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(c) Pileus tinged red, pink or purplish; subeaespiiose; gills white 



or yellow-tinged at Bret. P. ornella 1'k. 

 (cc) Pileus not With rod or pink, 

 iiii Very caespitose; pileus and Btem with dense, erect or re- 

 curved tawny scales on bull ground color. 290 P 



rosniilrs I'k. 



old) Solitary <>r very few in one tuft. 

 (e) Edge <>f .tills beaded with white drops; plleua yellowish- 

 fulvous, spotted with removable scales. i:;» i p 

 bocrenulata i'k. 

 (ee) Edge of gills not headed; pileus yellowish-white or some- 

 times darker; Btem bulbous-radlcati • P • :■ 

 (Lasch.) Bres, isvn. /'. comota Ft.), (syn P I i\ta 



Vy | 



(aa) Pileus glabrous. 



(b) Spores large and variable. 10-16 inicr. long, pilCUS dark brOWfl Of 



blackish brown; on the ground In woods 289 P 

 cola i'k. 

 (bb) Spores :> micr. or less in length. 

 (c) On decaying logs, etc; pileus hygrophanous, rn mon 



i moist ». 304. P. discolor I'k. 

 (cc) On lawns, grassy places, etc.; pileus whitish-bull or wt. 

 thick. 283. P. praecox Pr. 

 (AA) Pileus hygrophanous, nol viscid 



(a) Growing on moss or sphagnum; pileus small; stem slendei 

 filiform; annulus membranous. 

 (b) Pileus umbonate; stem solid; annulus Blight P. minims I'k 

 t bb) Pileus not umbonate; stem hollow; annulus persistent, entire 

 308. /'. mycenoides Kr. 

 (aa) On decaying logs, stumps, chips, saw dust, etc, sometimes on 

 debris in woods, or on the ground. 

 (b) Gills at first yellowish or ochraceous. 



(c) Large; pileus 5-10 cm. broad, cinnamon (moist) ; annulus 



fugacious; flesh yellowish. P. cerasina Pk. 

 (cc) Much smaller; annulus persistent, 

 (d) Gills broadly adnate, Bubtrlangular ; appearance of P. mar- 



ginata, subcaespitose. 305. P. unicolor Kr. 

 (dd) Gills adnexed, relatively broad; solitary; ptleUB small, 

 rugose. 307. P. rugosa Pk. 

 (bb) Gills never with yellowish tints. 



(c) Very caespitose; pileus yellow cinnamon to pale cinnan 



stem squarrose-scaly, below the blackish brow ii annulus. /'. 

 mutaoilis Kr. 

 (cc) Gregarious; stem not scaly. 



(d) Annulus fugaceous, small. BCarcely membranous; tills nar- 

 row; plleua watery-cinnamon 306 P. marginata Kr. 

 (dd) Annulus ample, membranous 

 (e) Pileus densely floccose-dotted, rufous-cinnamon to brick 



red; very fragile. 303. P. confragota Kr. 

 (ee) Pileus glabrous, rugose-wrinkled, ochract anamoc 



then paler. 302. P. acericola Pk. 

 (AAA) Pileus neither viscid nor hygrophanous. 

 (a) Pileus scaly; on wood. lots, trunks. • 

 (b) Gills yellow, at length ferruginous, 

 (c) Pileus silky. floccose-SQuamulose on disk, buff-yellow; ta 



bitter; annulus fugacious. P. lutrn Pk. 

 (cc) Pileus entirely BQUamulO 



(d) 'Scales sulphur-yellow, superficial, pilose: stem squarro.^ 



scaly, hollow. 298, P. flommana Kr 

 (dd) Scales innate, i. e., by the breaking up of tl 

 (e) Gills narrow, adnato-decurrent ; pileus gold 

 tawny; annulus ample, near spex of ventr 



