CLASSIFICATION OF AGARICS 157 



of dwarf tonus occurs, which, however, scarcely differ excepl in the 



shorter stem. 



478. Inocybe fastigiata Br< 



Fung. Trid., Vol. I. L881. 



Illustrations: Ibid, PI. 57. 

 Cooke, 111.. PL 383. 

 Patouillard, Tab. Analyt., No. 343. 



Fries. I, •ones. 1M. 108. 



Ricken, Die Blatterpilze, PI. 31, Pig. I. 

 Plate XC1 1 1 of this Report. 



PILEUS - -7 cm. broad, typically very conical <>>■ conico-campa- 

 nulate, sometimes oval-campanulate, ;it Length subezpanded, usually 

 with a prominent umbo, radially fibrillose, rimosc, virgate, rich 

 yellowish-fuscous, ochraceous-tan or straw-color, margin at length 

 split or lobed; FLESH white. (JILLS adnexed, becoming sinuate- 

 free, and narrower behind; qo1 broad, ventricose, close, whitish at 

 first, soon tinged olive or gray, darker in age. STEM I s em. long. 

 4-10 mm, thick, equal or tapering upwards, solid, more or less fibril- 

 lose or scurfy, white or slightly f'useescent. sometimes twisted or 

 obscurely striate. SPORES elliptic-subreniform, smooth i not 

 angular), obtuse at ends, 9-12x5-6 micr. CYSTIDIA none. STER- 

 ILE < JELLS on edge of gills saccate. ODOB strong and disagree- 

 able or entirely lacking. 



Gregarious. On the ground, in low. moist places in frondose or 

 conifer woods. Throughoul the State. July-September. Frequent. 



This is a striking species, and quite variable. The stem may be 

 dull whitish to pale ochraceous. Small forms occur with cap less 

 campanulate and at length papillate. The odor may be very strong 

 or altogether absent. All these Forms agree in having the same 



size spores, "ills of the same color and no cystidia. The color 

 of the pileus is sometimes a rich pheasant-yellow, sometimes 

 fulvous-ochraceous, at other times much paler. The English au- 

 thors, Massee and Berkley, were in error when they assigned 

 rough, nodulose spores to this species. I British Fungus Flora 

 and ( Outlines, i 



