The 3Iycologic Flora oj the Miami Valley, 0. 67 



* A. Fungi solitary, pileus not infundibuliforra. 



a. Pileus not white, 30-32. 

 li. Pileus white, 33-37. 



B. Fungi csespitose, pileus more or less irregular, 38, 39. 



C. Pileus infundibuliform, 40-42. 



A. Pileus convex then plane or depressed, regular ; lamellce adnate 

 or regularly adnate-decurrent. Fungi solitary. 



a. Pileus cinereotis, purplish or brown, not white. 



30. A. NEBULARis, Batsch. — Pileus fleshy, compact, convexo-explanate, 

 obtuse, even, clouded with gray or dingy-brown. Stipe stufl'ed, firm, 

 fibrillose-striate. Lamellse somewhat decurrent, arcuate, close, white 

 then pallid. Spores . 0043 X. 0025 mm. 



In woods, not common. Pileus 3-5 in. broad, stipe 3 in. long and 

 about 1 in. thick. This is a large Clitocybe, with a stout stipe and a 

 thick pileus. I have not yet found it myself; it is in Lea's Catalogue 

 where it is stated as growing "amongst dead leaves in a fern ravine," 



31. A. ocHRo-puRPUREDS, Berk. — Pileus subhemispheric, at length 

 depressed, fleshy, compact, tough, pale alutaceous, slightly changing to 

 purplish; the cuticle easily separable; the margin inflexed, at first 

 tomentose. Stipe paler, here and there becoming purplish, tumid in the 

 middle. Laraellje thick, purple, broader behind, decurrent. Spores 

 white or pale yellow. 



In woodlands on clay soil. Pileus 2 in. across, stipe 2^ in. high, | 

 in, thick in the middle. This is one of Mr. Lea's new species, found 

 first at Cincinnati, then at Waynesville. It has also been found in New 

 York by Prof. Chas. H. Peck, the State botanist. 



32. A. LACGATUS, Scop. — Pilcus somewhat membranaceous, convex, 

 then versiform, somewhat umbilicate, when mature, meal}' orsomewliat 

 scaly, hj'grophanous. Stipe stuffed, equal, tough, fibrous. Lamellte 

 adnate, thick, distant, brightly colored, at length white-pruinose. 



In woods. Pileus 1-2 in. across, stipe 2-5 in. long. The pileus 

 is usually reddish brown or ochraceous, sometimes of a brighter color. 

 The lamellae are commonly flesh-color or violaceous, 



b. The whole fungus white or whitish. 



33. A. coNNEXus, Peck. — Pileus thin, convex or expanded, some- 

 what umbonate, minutely silkj^ white, sometimes faintly tinged with 

 blue, especially at the margin. Stipe solid, nearly equal, wiiitish. 

 Lamellae crowded, narrow, whitish, decurrent. Spores somewhat 

 ovoid, .007X,005 mm. 



