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Subgenus XIT. — Entoloma, 



Spores ros}'. Pileus somewhat fleshy, the margin incurved. Stipe 

 fleshy or fibrous, soft. Lamellse sinuate-attached behind or seceding. 



a. Pileus umhonate. 



86. A. CLYPEATus, Linu. — Pileus slightly fleshy, campanulate then 

 explanate, umbouate, glabrous, lurid, hygrophanous. Stipe floccose- 

 stuflTed, tapering upward, fibrillose, becoming pale. Lamellse rotun- 

 date-attached, seceding, serrulate, dirty flesh-color. Spores irregular, 

 angular. 



In cultivated and waste places and in meadows. Pileus 3-5 in. 

 across, stipe 3-4 in. high. 



87. A. STRiCTioR, Peck. — Pileus thin, somewhat membranaceous, 

 convex or expanded, umbonate, smooth, shining, hygrophanous; 

 striatulate, grayish-brown. Stipe straight, equal, hollow, nearly 

 glabrous, with a dense white mycelium at the base. Lamellffi rather 

 broad, rounded or deeply emarginate, pale flesh-color. Spores irreg- 

 ular. 



Ground in groves and on their borders. Pileus 1-2 in. diameter, 

 stipe 2-4 in. long. The umbo is small, but distinct, the stipe is quite 

 straight, and the aspect of the whole plant is beautifully regular and 

 symmetrical. 



6. Pileus not umhonate, 



88 A. RHODOPOLius, Fr. Pileus slightly fleshy, campanulate-ex- 

 panded, gibbous then somewhat depressed, hygrophanous; the margin 

 flexuous, at first inflexed. Stipe hollow, nearly equal, glabrous, pure 

 white, pruinose above. Lamellse adnate then sinuate, white then 

 rosy. Spores very irregular, angular. 



In humid places in woods. Pileus 2-3 in. across, stipe 3-4 in. high. 

 The younger pileus fibrillose, soon glabrous, when wet livid or 

 brownish, the margin slightly striate, when dry tawny or paler and 

 and silky-shining. 



Subgenus XIII.— Clitopilus, Fr. 



Spores rosy. Pileus with the margin at first involute. Stipe fleshy 

 or fibrous. Lamellae decurrent. 



89. A. ABORTivus, P.. & C— Perfect, imperfect or altogether abortive. 



Perfect form : Pileus fleshy, convex, then expanded and more or 

 less irregular, gray or lilac in color. Stipe solid, nearly equal or 



