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Spores oeliraecous tan, 10-12 me. lonii'. appearing bright 

 \ellow under the microscope. 



In lawns nndcr oaks. Not common. 



This is onr most brilliant yellow species. I know no 

 species which is very close to it. It is nnnsnally viscid and 

 the hands are stained in handling it. The tnbes appear stnfTed 

 when yonng. The flesh is firm and white. The spore color 

 is close to liidgway's ^^lars yellow. 



Volvaria cinerea sp. nov. 



Pilens 1-2 cm. broad, gray or blnish gray, soon plane, 

 with a small rounded umbo, clothed wdth long, dark, appress- 

 ed fibrils, striate on the margin. 



• Gills rounded behind, remote from the stipe, white, then 

 flesh color. 



Stipe white, solid, fibrillose. 



Volva dark colored, splitting into three or four divisions. 



Spores 5-6 mc. long, broadly elliptic. 



Growing on rotting logs of deciduous woods. 



Our species of Volvaria are few in number and are rare. 

 So far I have found but three species at Ashcville. Each 

 year I find V. parvula Weim. growing in flower beds under 

 weeds. This is a very dainty species scarcely 1 cm. broad, 

 ])ure white, and umbonate. 



The third species is V. puhescenlipes Fk. which is also 

 V. liyyopitya Fr. This is found usually growing on old 

 leaves and is pure white with its pileus usually 4-6 mm. 

 broad. 



The following species occur at Asheville, though I find 



no record of their detection in other parts of the United 



States : 



Tricholoma saponacea Fr. 



This is occasionally found in the fall in oak woods. It 

 has a curious soapy odor as it dries and the flesh and lamellae 

 tend to turn rcl when iiijui'cd. IJrcsadohi has seen both my 

 specimens and photographs and positively identifies them as 

 this species. 



