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132. A. suBLATERiTius, Schseff. — Pileus (lesliy, convexo-planc, ob- 

 tuse, discoid, diy, becoming glabrous; the flesh compact, whitish. 

 Stipe stufTed. fd)rillose, tapering downward, ferruginous. Lamellae 

 adnate, close, white then diugyolive. Spores elliptic, brown-purple, 

 .005X0035 mm. 



On and about old stumps; ver>' common late in autumn and at the 

 beginning of winter. Pileus 2-4 in. broad, stipe 3-5 in. long. Gre- 

 garious and ciespitose; pileus brick-red or tawny on the disk, paler 

 toward the margin, silky when young, but becoming glabrous; taste 

 bitter and nauseous. 



133. A. FASicuLARis, Iluds. — Pileus fleshy, thin, somewhat umbonate, 

 glabrous. Stipe hollow, slender, flbrillose. flexuous, yellow; the flesh 

 yellow. Lamellas adnate, crowded, linear, somewhat liquescent, sul- 

 phur then greenish. Spores elliptic, ferruginous purple, .006X.004 

 mm. 



On stumps and old logs and on the ground. Gregarious and densel3' 

 cneapitose; jjileus about 2 in. in breadth, the stipe 2-5 in. or more in 

 length. Pilous at first conic, then expanded, more or less irregular 

 from the tufted mode of growth, tawny, yellow toward the margin; 

 stipe long, curved and unequal, yellow-greenish above; taste bitter 

 an<l nauseous. 



b, Pileus scaly ur flbrillose. 



134. A. LACKYMAnuNDUS, Fr. — Pileus fleshy, convex, obtuse, pilose 

 scaly; the scales innate and darker; the flesh whitish. Stipe hollow, 

 fibrillose-scaly, whitish. Lamellae adnate, close, brown-purple. Spores 

 brown-i>ur|)le, oblifjue .0076X.0056 mm. 



Upon thr ground and rotten trunks in woods. Commonly caespi- 

 tose ; pilcns 2 4 in. broad, stipe 2 4 in. high. Pileus at first campanu- 

 liilc, at length expanded, paU; reddish brown, darker in the center ; 

 flesh pale umber ; lamelhe at first pale, then reddish-brown ; stipe 

 pah', umber toward tilt base, whitish above, somewhat thickened below, 

 rather flexuous, pale uml)er within ; odor disagreeable. 



135. A. I'VKOTKiciius, Ilolnisk.— Pileus somewhat fleshy, conic then 

 liemiKpheric, obtuse, densely clothed with tawny filuils, reddish 

 tawny ; the flesh and curtain tawny. Stipe hollow, flbrillose, becom- 

 ing tawny. Laniellii' adnate. pallid, afterward changing to brown. 



About the trunks of trees in woods ; [>erhaps senrcc, as I have found 

 it but once. Pileus 3 5 in. ijroad, stipe 3-4 in. long. The pileus is 

 characterized by the peculiar bright tawny or flame-colored hue. with 

 «lent<ely appressed or fusiculate fibrillar. When again found it needs 

 to bo mort closely observed. 



