DIVISION EIGHT — SCIENCE. 619 



CYATHUS Hall. 



C. VERNicosus (Bull.) DC. On decaying wood and in soil. March — Ma}-. 



CRUCIRULUM Tul. Bird-nest fungus. 



C. VULG.\RE Tul. On decaying wood and in soil in and near the A. S. February 

 — April. 



Order — Hymenomycetes , Toadstools, Pore-Fungi, etc. 



AMANITA Fries. 



A. PHAivi.oiDES Fr. Com. under oak trees. February — ^April. Poisonous. 



AMANITOPSIS Roze. 



A. vEiyOSA Pk. (n. sp. in lit.) Com. under oaks. February — May. Edible. 



LEPIOTA Fries. 



L. ANGusTANA. Britz. Frequent under trees. December — February. 



Iv. FUI^VODISCA Peck. Tor. Bull. 22. 198. Among moist leaves in Arroyo Seco. 

 January. 



L. NAUCINOIDES Pk. Abundant in lawns. August — November. Edible. 

 ARMILLARIA Fries. 



A. MELi^EA Vahl. Com. at base of trees and stumps. September — ^January. Edi- 

 ble. 



A. MELLEA Vahl. Var: nigripes Pk. (n. var. in lit.) On willow trunk in W. C. 

 December. 

 TRICHOLOMA Fries. Pers. 



T. EQUESTRE Linn. Among leaves under oaks. February. 



T. MELALEUCUM Peri. Under oaks in W. C. January. 



T. NUDUM Bull. Frequent under trees. January — March. 



T. RUSSULA Schaef. Under oaks in O. K. C. February. 

 COLLYBIA Fries. 



C. ALBOGRISEA Pk. Tor. Bull. 22:199. Frequent in W. C. January and February. 



C. DRYOPHiLA Bull. Frequent among leaves under trees. January and February. 



A, J. McClatchie, Ji-1. 



MYCENA ACICULA. 

 T\vo-third.s natural size. 



