CLASSIFICATION OP AGARICS 513 



SPORES elliptic-ovate, inequilateral, 7-8x3 I micr., Bmooth, rusty- 

 brown. ODOB none. TASTE Blightlj farinaceous. 



( >n decayed wood. Ann Arbor. July. 



Differs from V. triscopoda i>.\ its hygrophanous, paler j » r 1 < - 1 1 — and 

 sii^in iv Longer spores. 



544. Naucoria bellula Pk. 

 N. Y. State Mus. Rep. 26, is'ti. 



PILEUS l 2.5 tin. broad, firm, moist, convex, obtuse, minutelj 

 flocculose or glabrous, even, bright watery-cinnamon to rusty-ful- 

 vous } pliant. FLESH rather thin, yellowish. GILLS adnate-seced 

 ing, sometimes emarginate with tooth, rather aarrow, close i<» 

 crowded, yellow then rusty-yellow <nnl spotted. STEM 2-2.5 cm* 

 Long, L-2 Him. thick, slender, equal, short, toughish-elastic, straight 

 or curved, reddish-brown to rusty-bay, darker below, stuffed then 

 hollow, fibrillose-scurfy ;it apex, sometimes scurfy throughout. 

 SIM»Ki;s miimtf, oval. .->.").."> x :; micr., smooth, ferruginous, staining 

 the gills. CYSTIDIA none. TASTE Utter. VEIL none. 



On decayed coniferous wood in hemlock and pine woods, suli- 



caespitose or gregarious. September. Bay View, New Richmond. 

 A distinct plant of the conifer regions of the State. The whole 

 plant has a tendency towards a fulvous-rusty more or less red color. 

 The stem and gills become darker colored with age. The 

 identification was made by Peck. It must not be confused with 



Flu in in li hi !i in ii In hi Fr. 



Section II. Phaeotae. Pileus glabrous. Spores and -ills dull- 

 colored, fuscous, cinnamon or ochraceous. Veil scarcely ooticeable. 

 (The following species grow on cultivated ground.) 



545. Naucoria semiorbicularis Fr. 



Epicrisis, L836-3S. 



Illustrations: Cooke, 111., PI. 193. 



Gillet, Champignons de France, No. L89. 

 Berkeley, outlines. PI. it. Fig. 1. 

 Plate XCIX of this Report. 



PILEUS 1 •'! cm. broad, hemispherical-convew, obtuse, somewhat 

 viscid when moist, fulvous-yellow, darker on disk, ochraceous in 



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