(34-) 



This conspicuous species seems to be somewhat closelv re- 

 lated to Pholiota capej'ata Pers. but it may be distinguished 

 by the ventricose radicating stem which is white tomentose, 

 not scaly, above the nearly apical erect margined annulus, 

 and by the smaller spores. 



Flammula Californica sp. nov. 



Gregarious or cespitose, under trees, probably from buried 

 rotten wood; pileus 4-7 cm., expanded, subumbonate, pale 

 ochraceous brown, umbo often darker, glabrous, subhygroph- 

 anous, margin entire ; lamellae subsinuate-decurrent, hetero- 

 phyllous, crowded, subventricose, pale ochraceous to fusco- 

 ferruginous, spores ferruginous, elliptic, 6-7 X 4//; stalk 5- 

 6 cm. x 3-4 mm. subequal, slightly enlarged at apex and 

 base, glabrous above, brown fibrillose below, base white my- 

 celioid bringing up attached sand and fragments, pale brown, 

 apex yellowish-white, solid ; flesh cream-colored, unchang- 

 ing, taste and smell mild. 



Stanford University, Calif., Dec. 5, 1901, C. F. Baker, 

 no. 167. 



The glabrous, subhygrophanous pileus places this species in 

 the section Udae. 



Hebeloma sericipes sp. nov. 



Solitary, among decaying oak leaves ; pileus 4-6 cm., 

 broadly convex to plane or subdepressed, obtuse, pale olive 

 brown, dry, disc glabrous, margin silky fibrillose, entire ; 

 lamellae sinuate, crowded, subnarrow, nearly plane, white to 

 ochraceous brown, edge white, erose, spores elliptic or sub- 

 ovate, varying in size, smooth, often with a large central 

 vacuole, 7-10 x 5-7 ft ; universal veil white, arachnoid ; stalk 

 4-6 cm. x 7-9 mm., equal, subglabrate below, the upper half 

 conspicuously silky-fibrillose, white, solid, crisp; flesh white, 

 unchanging, taste mild, pleasant, odor sickish like chestnut 

 flowers. 



Stanford University, Calif., Dec. 3, 1901, C. F. Baker, 

 no. 148. (Section /ndnsiatac.) 



Hebeloma Bakeri sp. nov. 



Solitary, among decaying oak leaves; pileus 5-7 cm., ex- 

 panded, cream color, disc darker, viscid and slimy, glabrous, 



