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Entoloma jubatum Fr. 

 CRESTED ENTOLOMA 



Pik-us somewhat floshy, canipaiuilatc l^ccominjj^ expanded, um- 

 bonate, dry, villose squamulose or fibrillose, grayish bnnvii or 

 mouse color ; lamellae close, ventricose, slightly adnexed, easily 

 separating from the stem, smoky brown ; stem equal, fibrous, 

 stuffed or hollow, fragile, brownish; spores irregular, subclliptic, 

 .COO4-.OCO5 of an inch long, .OO024-.0003 broad. 



Pilcus 1-2 inches broad; stem 1-2 inclics long, 2-3 lines thick. 



( Iround under white bircli trees. West Alhany. September. 

 \'cry rare. 



Entoloma sericellum Fr. 

 SLIGHTLY SILKY ENTOLOMA 



Fileus thin, convex becoming plane or centrally depressed, dry, 

 silky, squamulose or nearly glabrous, white or yellowish, the margin 

 at first inflexed and floccose; lamellae broad, subdistant, adnate, 

 easily separating from the stem, flesh color ; stem equal, hollow, 

 fibrillose becoming glabrous, somewhat waxy, white ; spores ir- 

 regular, angular, .0003-.0005 of an inch long, .00024-0003 broad. 



Fileus .5-1 inch broad; stem 1-2 inches long, about i line thick. 



Ground. Catskill mountains. July. 



A rare species found but once in our limits. It may be dis- 

 tinguished from Entoloma speculum Fr., a somewhat 

 similar white species, by its dry silky pileus. 



Entoloma cyaneum Pk. 



VIOLACEOUS ENTOLOMA 

 N. Y. State Mus. Rcp't 26, p. 55 



Fileus convex, dry, minutely squamulose, brown or brownish 

 violaceous; lamePae close, whitish becoming tinged with pink; 

 stem equal or slightly thickened downward, hollow, squamulose 

 and violaceous at the top; spores angular, .0003 of an inch long, 

 .00024 broad. 



Pileus 1-1.5 inches broad; stem 1.5-2 inches long, 1-1.5 lines 

 thick. 



Decaying wood and old mossy logs. Catskill mountains and 

 Worcester, Otsego co. June and July. Rare. 



