CLASSIFICATION OP AG VR] 



Gregarious or subcaespitose. Ou the ground among leaves and 

 debris in conifer.and frondose woods. Ann Arbor, N'ew Richmond. 

 S< ptember. Frequent, abundanl locally . 



The fading colors of the pileus, the pure white, glabrous, long 

 stem, the narrow gills and pale spores distinguish this spei 

 Britzelmayr gives no description excepl the color of the pileus . 

 the size of the es, and hence I have used his n o avoid a i 



one. it has the stature and the colors of I Fern 



in iis farinaceous odor, the spores, narrov and M 



margin of the pileus. 



595. Entoloma griseum Pk. 

 N. r. State Mus. Bull. 75, 1904. 



PILEUS 3-7 cm. broad, caiupanulate-convex, obtuse, firm, then 

 fragile, glabrous, margin even and often wavy a1 length, subhygro- 

 phanous, grayish-brown, sometimes pale umber (moist), scarcely 

 fading, innately silky (dry), cuticle somewhat differentiated form 

 iin/ a thin, separabh pellicle, margin decurved. FLESH hyg 

 phanous, very scissile, moderately thin. GILLS adnexed, becom- 

 ing emarginate, moderately broad, close or slightly subdistant, whit- 

 ish-grayish, slowly flesh color, sometimes veined. STEM ■ '. s cm. 

 long, HO nun. thick, subrigid, equal or attenuated either upwards 

 or downwards, Bilky-fibrHlose, whitish or tinged gray, stuffed to 

 hollow, sometimes solid below, subshining. SPORES tuberculate- 

 angular, 7-9xG.5-8 micr., sphoeroid, apiculus prominent, pale flesh 

 color in mass. ODOB and TASTE farinaceous, al least when flesh 

 is crushed, rarely lacking this odor. 



Gregarious or solitary. On the ground in low woods, both coni- 

 ous and frondose. Throughout the State, Marquette, Sen IJich 

 mond, Ann Arbor. May-October. Frequenl but scattered. 



This species is similar at times to /'. sericeum Fr. ; ii is ;i stouter 

 plant, usually withoul an umbo <>n the pileus, and the colors are 

 paler. The margin of the cap is nol s.triate in typical plants, bul 

 this character is sometimes obscure. Specimens which lack the 

 mealy odor are nol infrequent in spring. The flesh i^ rather firm 

 bul slmt through with watery lines and is scissile. The Bteu 

 often abruptly attenuated below and its interior is comp 

 fibrous pitli .it firsl which disappears in places '• 

 The cuticle of the pileus has a slight gelatinous feel but 

 \ iscid. The gills ;'" e nol ish hi: 



