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tlic tliin margin of l!io pilcus. In l)oth species the plants usually 

 become darker in drying-. 



Entoloma peckianum T^urt 



PECK ENTOLOMA 



N. Y. State Mus. Rcp't 54, p. 146, pl.F, fig.9-16 



Pileus thin, conic becoming' very convex or sulx:ampanulate, 

 moist, broAvn or blackish and shining", paler after the escape of the 

 moisture, umbonate, obscurely roughened by the matted ends of 

 minute fibrils; lamellae ascending, subclose, broad, abruptly 

 rounded behind, adnexed, whitish becoming pink ; stem slender, 

 equal, hollow, fibrillose striate, pale brown, often with white 

 mycelium at the base, white within ; spores angular, uninucleate, 

 .0004-.0005 of an inch long, .0003-.0004 broad. 



Pileus 8-15 lines broad; stem 2-4 inches long, 1-2 lines thick. 



In sphagnous marshes. Floodwood, Franklin co. August. 



In drying the pileus assumes a black color. 



Entoloma luteum Pk. 

 YELLOW ENTOLOMA 



N. Y. State ]\Ius. Rcp't 54, p. 146, pl.F, fig. 1-8 



Pileus thin, conic or subcampanulatc, obtuse or subumbonate, 

 moist, sometimes squamulose at the apex, yellow or smoky yellow, 

 a little paler after the escape of the moisture, sometimes tinged 

 with green ; lamellae ascending, moderately close, troad, whitish 

 becoming pale salmon color ; stem slender, equal, hollow, slightly 

 fibrillose striate, colored like the pileus, with white mycelium at the 

 base; spores subquadrate, angular, .0004-.0005 of an inch in 

 diameter. 



Pileus 6-10 lines broad; stem 3-4 inches long, 1-2 lines thick. 



Mossy ground in woods. Floodwood, Franklin co. August. 



The squamules of the center of the pileus, when present, are so 

 minute that they may be easily overlooked. To the naked eye 

 the pileus appears to be glabrous. 



I 

 Entoloma variabile Pk. 



VARIABLE ENTOLOMA 

 N. Y. State Mus. Rcp't 54, p. 145, pl-^, fig-i7-27 

 Pileus thin, conic, ovate or subcampanulatc, umbonate, obtuse 

 or subumbilicate, moist, slightly^ fibrillose, pale yellow when young, 



