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1. PILOSACE PALMIGENA, A. (Psilocybe) palmi- 

 GENA B. & C, Fungi Cub. 78. 1867. 



Pileus thin, hemispheric, white and glabrous, at length ex- 

 planate brown and slightly viscid. Stipe fistulous, glabrous, white 

 becoming fulvous, strigose at the base. Lamellae broad, free, 

 brown, spores purple-brown. 



Growing in stumps of palms in woods ; Wright. Pileus 8 

 mm. in diameter ; stipe 2-3 cm. long, not i mm. thick. 



2. PILOSACE EXIMIA Peck, 24 N. Y. Rep. 1871 and 

 N. Y. Rep. 1903. 



Pileus fleshy, thin, convex or broadly campanulate, at length 

 expanded and subumbonate, smooth, dark sooty brown. Stipe 

 slender, ho'low, a little thicker at the base, dull red. Lamellae 

 broad, close, ventricose, rounded behind and free, dull red or 

 brownish pink, then brown ; spores reddish, elliptic, 6x4 mic. 



Growing on old stumps in woods, New York, Peck. Pileus 

 6-12 mm. in diameter, stipe 2-3 cm. long, i mm. thick. 



3. PILOSACE GILLETTII, Psilocybe Gillettii Kars- 

 ten, Hattsvampar I. 1879. 



Pileus membranaceous, campanulate then convex, often ob- 

 liquely umbonate, striatulate, glabrous, livid-gray slightly tinged 

 with olivaceous, pale ochraceous when dry. Stipe straight, equal, 

 fistulous, glabrous, slightly pruinose at the apex, dark brown, 

 paler above. Lamellae broad, slightly adnate, soon free, livid- 

 gray, becoming purple; spores elliptic, 10-13 x 5-6 mic. 



Growing on the ground in woods ; Nebraska, Clements. Pi- 

 leus 1-3 cm. in diameter; stipe 5 cm. long, 1-2 mm. thick. 



4. PILOSACE ROSEOLA, Gymnochilus roseolus 

 Clements. Neb. Rep. IV. 1895 



Pileus membranaceous, hemispheric or convex, glabrous, ru- 

 gulose, atomate, vinous when wet, incarnate when dry. Stipe 

 tall, fragile, fistulous, glabrous, shining, mealy at apex. Lamellae 

 rather remote, purplish-cinnamon ; spores dark purple, elliptic, 

 12-13 X 7-8 ™c. 



Growing on the ground; Nebraska, Clements. Pileus 1-2.5 

 cm. in diameter; stipe 4-8 cm. long, 2 mm. thick. 



II. LEPIDOTAE. Pileus fleshy, the surface pilose-scaly 

 or furfuraceoiis. Stipe rather thick, solid or stuffed, naked or 

 furfuraceous. 



