THE AGARICACEAE OP MICHIGAN 



young tomentum breaking up into small, tawny scales as pileus 

 ' ( vpa nd8 L e., variegated, ochraceous beneath the tomentum, margin 

 ,, fi rs1 incurved. FLESH firm, thin. GILLS medium close, broad, 

 subventricose, radiating from the tubercle, rusty-tan color, white- 

 fimbriate on edge. SPORES elliptical-ovate, inequilateral or with a 

 depression on cue side, 8-10x5-0 micr., rusty-ochraceous. 



Gregarious. On decaying wood, logs, etc., of frondose trees. 

 Throughoul the State. Recorded from June 9 to October 12. Com- 

 mon. 



This differs from G. calolepis, if my motion is correct, by its spores 

 and the tinge of red in the color of the pileus. It is very close to 

 ( calolepis, but if the spores are constant must be kept separate. 

 Both are distinguished from other species by the dense tomentum 

 when young, which breaks up into separate but small hairy scales. 

 Both are rather persistent and may remain on logs in a dry condi- 

 tion tor quite a time. Peck says the cuticle of G. fulvotomentosus 

 is separable. It sometimes forms large colonies with pilei of all 

 sizes. 



558. Crepidotus calolepis Fr. 



Vet Ak. PorhandL, 1S73 (Hymen. Europ. 1871). 



Illustrations: Fries, Icones, PI. 129, Fig. 1. 

 Cooke, 111.. PI. 199. 



PILEUS L-2 cm. broad, suborbicular when young, convex, twice 

 ;is wide as lon<i, sessile or attached by a white villose tubercle, 

 reniform or dimidiate, not hygrophanous nor gelatinous, covered 

 by ;i dense reddish-brown tomentum when young, breaking up into 

 rufous scales on expanding, margin at first incurved. FLESH firm. 

 thin. <;IU/S radiating from the obsolete stem, those in the center 

 not always reaching the inner point of the radius, medium close, 

 broad, rusty ochraceous at length, edge minutely, white villose. 

 SPORES oval, 5-6 x 1-5 micr.. smooth, fuscous-brown in mass. 



(, ii dead branches of basswood. Houghton. July. Infrequent 



"I- rare. 



hitlers from the preceding in the character of the tomentum, scales 

 and spores, it was at first considered undescribed, as no spore- 

 measure nts were found in European descriptions. The spores 



of this and the preceding species are certainly distinct and they 

 must be kept separate. The plants found were smaller than is 

 usual tor C. fulvotomt >itosus. 



