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38. A. iLLUDENS, Scliw. — CsBspitose, reddish-yellow. Pileus fleshy, 

 glabrous, umbonate, convex, then expanded and depressed. Stipe very 

 long, firm, solid, glabrous, tapering at the base. Lamellae uneqiiall}'- 

 decurrent. 



In woods, growing in great masses about old stumps. Pileus com- 

 mooly 4-6 in. broad, stipe 5-8 in. long, but these dimensions are some- 

 times much exceeded. This is a very showy and magnificent plant ; 

 it is a native of this country. It was first found in the woods of North 

 Carolina, by Louis de Schweinitz; it occurs in New England, New 

 York, Pennsylvania, and no doubt ranges westward to beyond the 

 Mississippi. These great masses of bright saffron-yellow color attract 

 the attention of the beholder at a great distance through the open 

 woods. Passing its prime it begins to blacken. 



39. A. MONADELPHUS, u. sp. — Densely csespitose. Pileus fleshy, con- 

 vex, then depressed, at first glabrous, then scaly, honey color, varying to 

 pallid-brownish or reddish. Stipe elongated, solid, crooked, twisted, 

 fibrous, tapering at the base, pallid-brownish or flesh-color. Lamellae 

 short, decurrent, not crowded, pallid flesh-color. Spores white, a little 

 irregular .0076X.0055 mm. (See Plate IV.) 



On the ground in wet woods from spring to late autumn. Pileus 

 1-3 in. in diameter, stipe 3-7 in. long. Symmetrical tufts of numerous 

 (20-50) individuals spring up from a common point in the ground. 

 In some of the tufts the pilei are of a beautiful bright honey- 

 yellow color, in others they are a dull yellow, dull reddish or 

 even brownish. The pileus is flnally more or less scaly. This species 

 does not appear to be closely related to any other Clitocybe ; in color 

 and general appearance it much resembles slender specimens of 

 Agaricus melleiis, but there is no ring. 



C. Pileus infundibuUform ; lamellce equally decurrent. 



40. A. iNFUNDiBULiFORMis, Schssfi".— Pilcus flcsh}', compact, then 

 soft, at first convex, umbonate, innate silky, afterward in fundi l)iili form, 

 flaccid, expallent. Stipe spongy-stufl'ed, soft, clastic, thickened down- 

 wards. Lamellas long-decurrent, a little close, pure white. 



Among mosses and leaves in woods, common. Pileus 2-3 in. across. 

 Stipe 2-3 in. high. The color of the pileus varies from pale reddish to 

 alutaceous, and passing into white, but not at first white; it is some- 

 times variously crisped and lobed, the margin involute and downy, often 

 pinched up into little raised striae. 



