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equal or slightly ta])ering at base, stuffed, eolored 

 like cap and clotlied with scales to ring. 



Ring. — Formed from thin veil is seen at u})})cr 

 portion of stem, often wanting in mature specimens, 



Volva. — None. 



Or/or.— Mild. 



Taste. — Insipid. 



Habitat. — On stumps or dead trunks growing in 

 clusters, September and October; quite common in 

 eastern and central sections of United States. 



EdiJjle. 



NAUCORIAsemi-orbicuIaris(Bull.) from the 



two Latin words meaning half round. 



Cap. — 1 to 2 inches broad, dry, slightly glutin- 

 ous when moist and fresh, then even, smooth, wrin- 

 kled in age, yellowish rust color, then brownish; 

 margin curved in over the gills, blunt. 



Flesh. — Whitish. 



Gills. — Growing up to the stem (adnate), rath- 

 er broad, crowded, yellowish, then rust color. 



Spores. — Elliptical^ brown. 



