InTOTES 01^ ^EW AND EARE SPECIES OF FUNGI 

 FOUND AT ASHEVILLE, N. C. 



BY 11. C. BEARDSLEE 



The State of North Carolina seems to be very rich in its 

 fungous flora. The great variety of conditions found within 

 our borders give ample room for a large number of species of 

 these interesting plants, many of vt^hich appear to be rare in 

 the Unit-ed States^ while not a few seem to be new to ssience. 



The following notes have been selected from the writer's 

 accumulation during the past twelve years as of possible 

 interest to those in our state who are interested in these diffi- 

 cult and puzzling plants. All of the species dis3ussed have 

 been found near Asheville, and will doubtless be found quite 

 generally in at least the western part of the state. 



Lepiota floccosa sp. nov. 



Pileus 2-5 cm. broad, at first campanulate, then ex- 

 panded and obtusely umbonate, thickly covered with a soft, 

 ■ smooth, appressed tomentum, which is brown and at first 

 continuous, then broken into appressed scales with the lighter 

 context showing between. Margin thin, extending beyond 

 the lamallae in a soft cottony margin. 



Lamellae pure white, crowded, narrow, free. 



Stipe pure white, thickly covered with white fibers Avhich 

 are at first attached to the margin of the pileus, and form a 

 thick annular zone toward its summit. 



Spores broadly elliptic G-8 by 3-4 mc. 



This species has been observed for several years. In 

 appearance it is much like L. clypeolaria, but the spores are 

 absolutely difi'erent. It has some of the characteristics of 

 L. acutesquamosa Weim., but is amply distinct from it. It 

 has the pileus always smooth and never shows the slightest 

 trace of the acute scales which mark this latter species. The 

 thick mass of white fibers which clothe the stipe is very char- 

 acteristic and will at once distinguish it. Bresadola, whose 



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