CLASSIFICATION OF AGARICS 501 



530. Galera plicatella Pk. 

 N. Y. State .Mns. Rep. i!<». |>. 59, L874 (as Oalcra coprinoides Pk.). 



PILEUS K> 1- nun. broad, convex-expanded, plicaU silicate i" the 

 small even disk, often spin on Diargin, yellowish or ochraceous 

 when moist, straw-whitish when dry, glabrous. I'l.l'.sil membrana 

 ceous. GILLS aduexed, moderately broad, ventricose, close i<> 



Bubdistant, distinct, pale rusty-ochrac< b. STEW 2-3 cm. Inn-. 



1 mm. thick, slender, equal, Hexuous or straight, hollow, oiinutely 

 pruinose, white i«» pallid. SPORES elliptical, smooth, 6-7.5x5 

 in iir.. pusty-ochraceous. BASIDIA L5x6-7 micr., t-spored. 



On the .ur.iss. lawns, roadsides. August-October. Ann Arbor. 

 Rare. 



The pileus imitates small species of Coprinus in its plicate mar- 

 gin. The trama of the gills is composed of large, vesicular sub- 

 hymenia] cells, between which runs a narrow layer of axillary, 

 slender parallel hyphae. 



531. Galera hypnorum Fr. 



Svs. Mvc. L821 



[llustrations : Patouillard, Tab. Analyt., No. 230. 

 Cooke, 111.. Plate 465. 



Gillet, Champignons de Prance, No. 295 (var. bryorum). 

 Ricken, Die Blatterpilze, Plate 60, Pig. 8. 



PILEUS II- mm. broad, campanulate, cinnamon-yelloioish or 

 yellowish-ochraceous and striate when moist, glabrous, yellowish 

 white or buff and even when dry. PLESE membranaceous; GILLS 

 adnate, hroml, not ascending, subdistant, fulvous-cinnamon, edge 

 minutely floeculose. STEM short, 3-4 mi. Inn-. L-2 mm. thick, equal, 

 Blender, hollow, Qexuous, glabrous, apes pruinose, concolor, often 

 darker toward base. SPORES elliptic-ovate, subinequilateral, 8-10 

 s5-6 micr., smooth, ochraceous. CYSTIDIA Done. STERILE 

 CELLS nn edge of ^'ills fusiform-lanceolate. 



Gregarious on uiosses. Throughout the State. May-October. 

 < !ommon. 



Tli is is our commonesl li:i!<' Galera with :i tnoss habitat. Doubt- 

 less closely related species are confused with ii and ;i microscopic 

 study may be accessary to distinguish them. A number "i varieties 

 have been described, bu1 an accounl of them lime would only con- 



