74 Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 



B. Stipe with a colored juice, 59. 



A. IStipe ivithout juice. 



a. Pileus bright colored. 



55. A. LEAIANUS, Berk. — Coespitose, viscid, bright orange. Pileus 

 somewhat flesh}-, convex; the margin striate. Stipe mostly curved, 

 strigose at the base. Lamellai distant, broad, emarginate-attached; 

 the edge a darker orange or vermilion. Spores elliptic, apiculate, 

 .0090X.0056 mm. 



Growing in dense tufts on logs and branches in woods; xery abund- 

 ant throughout the year, from spring to autumn. Pileus about 1 in. 

 across, stipe 1-3 in. long. The plant is very viscid, and stains the 

 fingers that handle it. The bright orange color fades out as the plant 

 grows old. This very beautiful Agaric was named for Mr. Thomas G. 

 Lea, who was the first person to study the Fungi of the Miami Valley; 

 his original notice of it is dated May, 1844. It grows in New York 

 and New England. 



56. A. PURUS, Pers. — Strong-scented. Pileus somewhat fleshy, cam- 

 panulate expanded, obtusely umbonate, glabrous, expallent; the margin 

 striate. Stipe rigid, even, nearly naked, villous at the base. Lamellae 

 broadly sinuate-attached, very broad, reticulate-connected, of a paler 

 color than the pileus. Spores .008 mm. long. 



In woods among the leaves. With a taste and odor of radishes. Pileus 

 about 1 in. broad, stipe 2-3 in. high. Ours may be the pseudopurus oi 

 Cooke, but I have not seen the description, only the figure ; the rather 

 narrow lamellre and longer spores seem to correspond withCooke's figure. 

 The plant exhibits considerable diversity of color, being rose-colored, 

 lilac, lavender, pallid, and even white. It is commonly solitary or gre- 

 garious, scarcely caespitose. 



b. Pileus dull colored. 



hi. A. GALERicuLATUs, Scop. — Pilcus somcvvhat membranaceous, 

 conlc-campanulate tiien expanded, striate to the umbo, dry, glabrous. 

 Stipe rigid, polished, even, glabrous ; the base with a fusiform root. 

 Laraellai adnate, decurrent by a tooth, venose-connected, whitish 

 or flesh-colored. 



Common in woods upon stumps and fallen trunks. Often densely 

 oaespitose, the stipes packed together at the base and strigose. Pileus 

 ^-f in. broad, tiie stipe of variable length. The color whitish, cinere- 

 ous, tawny, or lirownish. 



