REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I9II I05 



A sterile form sometimes occurs in which the lamellae are per- 

 sistently pale or yellowish. In young plants slight vestiges of a 

 yeil sometimes are visible. 



Psilocybe uda (Pers.) Fr. 



MOIST PSILOCYBE 

 Sylloge V, p. 1045 



Pileus fleshy, thin, convex becoming plane, rugulose when dry, 

 tawny bay becoming yellowish ; lamellae subdistant, adnexed, vcntri- 

 cose, whitish becoming purplish brown; stem equal, elongated, thin, 

 tough, fibrillose, hollow, straight or slightly wavy, pale above, 

 ferruginous below ; spores purplish brown, 16-20 x 7-9 /x. 



Pileus 2-3 cm broad ; stem 5-8 cm long, 2-3 mm thick. 



Gregarious. In swamps among sphagnum and other mosses. 

 Albany and Oswego counties. September and October. 



The spore dimensions here given are taken from American speci- 

 mens and agree with those given in Sylloge. Some English authors 

 give much smaller dimensions, 10 x 5 ll. 



Var. el on gat a (Pers.) Sacc. has the pileus striate on the 

 margin when moist, even when dry. The color of the moist pileus 

 is livid or greenish yellow, of the dry pileus pale yellowish. Gre- 

 garious. Among sphagnum. July to September. Albany and 

 Fulton counties. 



Psilocybe c e r n u a Vahl has been reported but its identity 

 is not well established and it is therefore omitted. 



