CLASSIFICATION OF AGARICS 



(c) Spores 8-10x5-6 micr., pileus conic-cam panulate; rerj oom- 



iiidii on mosses; Bmall. 531. 0. hypnorum Fr 

 (cc) Spores 10-12x6 mlcr., plleus bemisphericalH on gx 



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Section I. Conocephalae. Pileus conico-campanulate a1 first; 

 ejlls ascending and on the edge with microscopic differential 

 ril. capitate cells; cortina aone. Habitat on dang or manured 

 ground. 



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520. Galera antipus Lasch. 



I llusirai ions ; Fries, [cones, PL 128, Pig. 2. 

 Gillet, Champignons de Prance, No. 293. 

 Ricken, Die Blatterpilze, PL 60, Fig. '•». 



PILEUS L. 5-2.5 cm. broad (rarely up to 5 cm.), broadly campanu- 

 hilt, dingy ferruginous-cinnamon (moist), hygrophanous, yellow 

 ish-isabelline (dry), glabrous or Bubprninose, not striatulate, ato- 

 mate when dry, subflaccid. FLIOSII subinembranous, Blightly 

 fleshy on disk. GILLS narrowly adnate, ascending, crowded, nar 

 row, Bublinear, pale cinnamon-ochraceouSj finally dark ferruginous. 

 STEM 3-5 cm. long and 2 l mm. thick above substratum, subfusi 

 form-enlarged at base, and with a very long, subhorizontal, thickish, 

 flexuous, whitish root-like prolongation, pruinose or scurfy, striaU 

 or twisted, concolor or paler than pileus. SPORES lemon-shaped, 

 obscurely (» angled, otherwise smooth, 8-9x6 micr. BASIDLA 18 

 25x7-8 micr.; sterile cells on edge of j, r ills. small, capitate. ODOR 

 none. 



Gregarious on dung-hills In beech and pine woods. New Rich- 

 mond. September. Locally abundant. 



This is often a large-capped species, known by its long root like 

 prolongation, which may extend 5 8 cm. below the point of entrance. 

 Dung-hills on which the plants are plentiful, arc often penetrated 



hv a thick mass of these "roots" which interweave in a horizontal 



position. The stem appears clavate or fusiform where it enters 



the substratum, ami easily separates at this point, so that the 

 "pOOt" is easily overlooked. All stages of development were ob 

 served; the very young pileus is oval and whitish, and is scarcely 



broader than the stout young stem; it becomes campanulate and 



finally is broadly expanded. No cortina is present at an\ 

 The spores are very characteristic and agree entirely with Kick. 

 description. Cooke ejves the spores entirely tOO large in coiincc 



tion with Plate 163 of the Illustrations. 



