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at present convinced of the correctness of this interpretation. It is 

 common in lawns and grassy places in rainy weather, May to July, 

 and also occurs on dung. 



Galerula macrospora nov. sp. 

 Galcra tencra ohscnrior Peck, N. Y. State ]\Ius. Rept. 50, 130, 1899. 



Gregaria, 6-15 cm. alta: pileo campanulato, 1-2.5 cm. lato, 6-10 

 mm. alto, ochraceo vel ferrugineo, non striato, demum ochroleuco, 

 cortice pilei cellis pyriformibus vel obovatis prsedito : lamellis stipite 

 adnexis, ellipsoideis, ochraceis : cystidiis solum in acie lamellarum, 

 numerosis, lecythiformibus, 15-25X6-9 /a: sporis binis, late ellip- 

 soideis, 12-25 X 8-15 /a: stipite asquali, recto vel flexuoso, sursum 

 pruinoso, pileo concolore, cavo, 1.5-2.5 mm. crasso. 



^^o. 15759, type, C. U. Herb., on ground among mixed grasses 

 and moss {Hylocomium squarrosuui) , on the edge of a coniferous 

 wood, near Stockholm, Sweden. Aug, 24.-28, 1903. G. F. Atkinson 

 collector. 



North America (New York), Europe (Sweden and France). 



Galerula mexicana ]\Iurr. N. Am. Fl. 10, 169, 1917. 



^Mexico. 



Galerula neoantipus nov. sp. Gregaria, 3-7 cm. alta : radix 2-5 

 cm.: pileo campanulato-convexo, 1.5-2.5 cm. lato: cortice pilei 

 pseudoparenchymato : lamellis cum in Galerula antipus: cystidiis 

 solum in acie lamellarum, numerosis, lecythiformibus, 15-30 X 6-9/1,: 

 sporis quaternis, ellipsoideis, 12-17 X 6-9 /i,. 



On newly seeded lawn, Middlebury, Vt., Aug. 1896, E. A. Burt 

 collector, in E. & E. N. Am. Fungi, second edition. No. 3510, type, 

 C. U. Herb. The specimens in Cooke's 111. Brit. Fungi, No. 463, 

 " spores ellipsoid, 16 X 8/x," probably belong here. 



Vermont, (?England). 



Galerula ovalis (Fr.) Karsten, Bidr. Finl. Folk 32, 443, 1879. 



Agaricus (Galera) ovalis Fr. Monogr. Hymen. Suec. i, 389, 1857. 

 Galera ovalis (Fr.) Gillet, Champ. France 3, 554, 1876. 

 New York, North Carolina, Europe. 



