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Stipe fleshy-fibrous, not annulate. Lamellae sinuate- adnate. Spores 

 mostl}' argillaceous. 



110. A. FASTiBiLis, Fr. — Pileus compact, convexo-plane, repand, ob- 

 tuse, viscid, glabrous. Stipe solid, firm, somewhat bulbous, white, 

 fibrose-scaly. Lamellee emarginate, rather distant, whitish then argil- 

 laceous cinnamon. Spores elliptic, pointed, .010X.0076 mm. 



In level woods in summer and autumn. Pileus 1-3 in. broad, 

 stipe 2-4 in. high, and of variable thickness. Gregarious or solitary. 

 Pileus reddish, yellowish, alutaceous or whitish. Lamellae some- 

 times exuding watery drops. Odor and taste of radish. 



111. A. iLLiciTus, Peck. — Pileus fleshy, firm, broadly convex or 

 expanded, smooth, hygrophanous, very dark brown when moist, a 

 little paler when dry. Stipe firm, equal, hollow, scabrous, distinctly 

 striate at the top, paler than the pileus, with a white mj^celium. 

 Lamellae close, broad, tapering outwardly, plane or ventricose, 

 rounded behind, with a very slight decurrent tooth, pale dingy-brown. 

 Spores somewhat elliptic, .007X.005 mm. 



On rotten logs and sticks in woods in autumn. Pileus 1-1^ in. 

 broad, stipe 1^-2 in. high. The habitat is unusual for species of this 

 subgenus. 



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Subgenus XIX. — Flammula, Fr. 



Pileus fleshy ; the margin at first involute. Stipe fleshy-fibrous. 

 Lamellae decurrent or adnate without a sinus. 



' 112. A. SAPINEUS, Fr. — Pileus compact, convexo-plane, very obtuse, 

 finely floccose-scaly, afterward rimose, golden-tawny. Stipe somewhat 

 stuffed, deformed, thick, sulcate, rooting, yellowish. Lamellae adnate, 

 broad, golden, afterward tawny-cinnamon. Spores bright ferruginous, 

 elliptic, .008X.005 mm. 



Growing on wood ; "on fence rails." — Lea. Pileus 1-4 in. broad ; 

 stipe commonly short, solid or hollow, often compressed^ lacunose, etc. 

 Flesh thick, soft, yellowish. Somewhat csspitose ; the odor strong. 

 Vestiges of the veil scarcely to be perceived. 



113. A. POLTCHRous, Berk. — Pileus convex then plane, broadly um- 

 bonate, of many colors, at first purple, viscid; the disk fleshy. Stipe 

 firm, nearly equal, somewhat wood}-, at first furfuraceous. Lamellae 

 broad, rather distant, adnate, slightly decurrent, at first dirty white, 

 then brownish-purple, at length yellow-brown. 



