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Stem fleshy-fibrous ; pileus with margin at first inrolled ; lamellae 

 sinuate ........ Entoloma 



Stem fleshy-fibrous ; pileus with margin at first inrolled ; lamellae 

 decurrent ........ Clitopilus 



Stem cartilaginous ; pileus convex or plane, with margin inflexed at 

 first ; lamellae slightly attached, somewhat separating from the 

 stem ......... Lepionia 



Stem cartilaginous ; pileus campanulate, with margin straight from 

 the first and merely pressed against the stem ; lamellae slightly 

 attached, somewhat separating from the stem . Nolanea 



Stem cartilaginous ; pileus umbilicate ; lamellae decurrent Eccilia 



B. Stem, if present, eccentric. The spedies grow on wood 



Claudopus 



Sect. 3. OCHROSPOREAE. 



All the species of this section are fleshy and putrescent. 



A. Lamellae not easily separable from the rest of the pileus t & tt 

 t The univeisal veil not arachnoid (cobwebby), when present § & §§ 

 § Stem central . . . . . . . ^ * & ** 



* Stem with an annulus but no volva , . . . Pholiota 



** Stem lacking both annulus and volva . . -»-&-)--»- 



-)— Stem fleshy. 



Lamellae subsinuate ; surface of pileus fibrillose or silky hiocybe 

 Lamellae subsinuate ; pileus glabrous, viscid ; spores somewhat 



argillaceous (avellaneus) ..... Hebelottia 

 Lamellae adnate or decurrent ..... Flami7iula 

 -<— -1— Stem cartilaginous or subcartilaginous. 

 Stem cartilaginous ; pileus with margin at first bent inward ; lamellae 



not decurrent ....... Naucoria 



Stem subcartilaginous, distinct from the substance of the pileus ; 



margin of pileus straight from the first ; lamellae not decurrent 



Pluteolus 

 Stem subcartilaginous, continuous with the substance of the pileus ; 



margin of pileus straight from the first ; lamellae not decurrent 



Galera 

 Stem cartilaginous ; lamellae decurrent . . . Tubaria 



§§ Stem eccentric or none. The species grow on wood 



Crept do tus 



