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hygrophano, cinnamomeo-brunneo, striate, demum pallidiore : coii- 

 texto homogeneo: lamellis stipite adnexis, in lineis decurrentibus, 

 distantibus, cinnamomeo-brunneis, cystidiis solum in acie lamellarum, 

 numerosis, crassis, cylindicis et deorsum ventricosis, interdum flex- 

 uosis, 30-45 X 9-12 )U.: sporis quaternis, ovalibus vel subnavicular- 

 ib.is, ad basem crassioribus, 8-1 1 X6-8^: membrana spora^ interdum 

 rugulosa vel subinflata : stipite sequali, pileo concolore sed interdum 

 pallidiore, demum pallide-cinnamomeo, glabro, sursum pruinoso, 

 cavo, 2-4 mm. crasso. 



No. 18587, type, C. U. Herb., among sphagnum in very wet places, 

 Junius, N. Y. Sept. 15, 1904. H. H. Whetzel and H. S. Jackson 

 collectors. 



New York, Alabama. 



Galerula sphagnorum (Fr. ex Pers.) Alurr, N. Am. 

 Fl. 10: 167, 1917, emend Atkinson. 



Agaricus hypnornm sphagnorum Pers. Syn. Fung. 386, 1801. Name 



only. Type not determined. 

 Agaricus hypnornm sphagnorum Fr. Syst. Myc. i, 267, 1821. Name 



only. 

 Agaricus sphagnorum Lasch, Linnaea, 3 : 417, 1828. 

 Galera sphagnorum Sacc. Syll. Fung. 5: 869, 1887. 

 Galera hypnornm var. umbonata Peck, N. Y. State J\Ius. Bull. 25, 



65s, 1899. 



Maryland, New York, Europe. 



Galerula subhypnorum nov. sp. 



Galerula hypni Alurr. pr. pte. N. Am. Fl. 10, 163, 1917. 



Gregaria vel dispergens, 2-6 cm. alata : pileo campanulato-con- 

 vexo, obtuso vel umbonato, ad marginem striato, hygrophano, fulvo 

 vel ochraceo-fulvo, demum pallidore, homogeneo, 4-10 mm. lato : 

 lamellis stipite adnatis, subdistantibus, ochraceo-fulvis : cystidiis 

 solum in acie lamellarum, numerosis, lanceoloideis vel subcylindricis 

 et ad basem subventricosis, in apice interdum crassioribus, 40-70 

 X 6-1 1 /a: sporis quaternis, ochraceis, a fronte subellipsoideis vel 

 subfusoideis, a latere leniter inequilateralibus, levibus, 10-14 X 6-8 /x: 

 stipite pileo concolore sed pallidiore, ad basem interdum obscuriore, 

 cavo, I mm. crasso. 



This species differs from G. hypnorum in the absence of cystidia 



