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mealiness at the top; spores subglobose, slightly angular, bright 

 pink, .0003-.0004 of an inch broad, apiculate at one end. 



Pileus 1-2 inches broad; stem 1.5-2 inches long, 2-4 lines thick. 



Among fallen leaves in dense woods. Port Henry, Essex co. 

 August. Scarce. 



']lic si)ccics is well marked by the yellow lamellae. Sometimes 

 the margin of the pileus is wavy or irregular and the center tinged 

 with brown when moist. 



Entoloma nidorosum Fr. 

 STRONG SCENTED ENTOLOMA 



Pileus thin, convex becoming nearly plane or centrally depressed, 

 glabrous, hygrophanous, pallid or grayish brown when moist, silky 

 and shining when dry, fragile, odor alkaline; lamellae broad, sub- 

 distant, emarginate, nearly free, sometimes wavy, pallid becoming 

 flesh color; stem equal, glabrous, stufifed, pruinose or mealy at the 

 top, whitish ; spores irregular, angular, .0003-.0004 of an inch long, 

 .00024-0003 broad. 



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



Woods. Shokan, Ulster co. September. 



In our specimens the stem is solid and the lamellae are adnate, 

 characters not agreeing well with the description of the species. 



Entoloma griseum Pk. 



GRAYISH ENTOLOMA 



N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 75, p. 14 



Pileus fleshy, firm, broadly campanulate or convex, obtuse or 

 slightly umbonate, glabrous, often irregular, hygrophanous, grayish 

 brown when moist, paler when dry, flesh whitish, odor and taste 

 farinaceous; lamellae adnexed, emarginate, decurrent with a tooth, 

 about 2 lines broad, pale pink; stem equal or slightly tapering 

 upward, silky-fibrillose, pruinose at the apex, stuffed or hollow, 

 grayish white ; spores subglobose, angular, .0003 of an inch in 

 diameter. 



Pileus 1-3 inches broad; stem 1-2 inches long, 3r-5 lines thick. 



Under spruce and balsam fir trees. Lake Pleasant, Pramilton 

 CO. August. 



This species may be separated from E. grayanum Pk. by 

 its darker color, narrower gills and different place of growth. 



