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rous, expallcut; the margin thin. Stipe stuffed then hollow, rigid, 

 scaly-squarrose, ferruginous-blackish downward. LamclliE adnate- 

 decurrent, clos3, rather broad, pallid then cinnamon. Spores brown- 

 ferruginous, .OllX-007 mm. 



Upon stumps and fallen trunks, rarely upon the ground. Cffispitose; 

 pileus U-2.i in. in breadtli, stipe 2-3 in. long, though the plant as its 

 name indicates is quite variable in size and appearance. Pileus cinna- 

 mon, becoming pale when dry, commonly more or less umbonate and ir- 

 regular. The stipe in my figures is rather smooth. 



IdO. A. MAKGiNATUs, Batsch. — Pileus a little tleshy, convexo-expand- 

 ed, glabrous, moist, hygrophauous; the margin striate. Stipe hollow, 

 soft, not scaly, pruinose above the fugacious annulus; the base darker, 

 white velvety. Lamellie adnate, close, narrow, watery cinnamon. 



On ground and wood in a damp ravine; in spring. Pileus 1-1^ in. 

 across, stipe about 2 in. long. Oi' a watery substance; the veil often 

 curtained; the stipe somewhat librilluse or striatulate. Color watery- 

 cinnamon, changing to alutaceous or whitish. 



\U\. A. u.MCOLOR, Fl. D. — Pileus a little fleshy, campanulate then 

 convex, somewhat uml)onate, glabrous, rather even, h^'grophanous. 

 Stipe stuffed tlien hollow, nearly glabrous, concolorous; the annulus 

 thin, entire. Lamelhc adnate-seceding, broad, somewhat triangular* 

 ochraceous-cinnumon. Spores ferruginous, oblong ovoid, .0076X.O056 

 mm. 



(Jii failtMi liunks and branches in woods, especially along the damp 

 ravines; in autumn. Ca^spitose or solitary; pileus about 1 in. in di- 

 ameter, stipe about 1 in. long. This little plant is very abundant; it 

 is well marked by its regular shape, smooth surface and persistent 

 annulus. 'I'he color is a brownish, ferruginous, drying to paler or 

 ochraceouK. 



SuBQENUs XVII. — Inocybk, Fr. 



Pileus scaly, fibrillose or silky ; llic veil universal, concrete with 

 the cuticle of the pileus. Stipe fleshy lihrous, not annulate. Lamellaj 

 mostly sinuate. Spores niore or less brown-ferruginous. 

 A. Stipe colored, scaly or fil)rillose. 



a. Stipe and pileus of the same color, 102, 103. 

 h. Stipe paler than the pileus, 101. 



//. Stipe whitish, fibrillose. 

 *'. Stipe solid, bulbous, 105. 



