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5. PILOSACE TRICHOLEPTS Fries, Nov. Symb. Myc. 

 1851. 



Pilevis fleshy, convex then expanded, obtuse ; the flesh firm 

 but not compact ; the surface with a dense covering of brown 

 hairy scales. Stipe firm, equal, fissile, naked, refescent, dilated 

 at the apex. Lamellae narrow, close, remote from the stipe, oliva- 

 ceous then fuliginous ; spores brown. 



Growing in rich soil on the Island of St. Thomas, W. I. ; 

 Oersted Ic. 20. Pileus 10 cm. in diameter; stipe 12-15 cm. long, 

 6-8 mm. thick. "A showy fungus." The hairy scales of the 

 pileus resembling those on the surface of Lentinus tigrinus. 



6. PILOSACE HOLOLEPIS Fries, Nov. Symb. Myc. 

 1851. 



Pileus fleshy, convex, obtuse ; the flesh firm ; the cuticle whit- 

 ish, at first smooth, at length breaking up into appressed scales 

 which become scattered. Stipe arising from a bulbous base, 

 smooth, white. Lamellae free, becoming brown; spores brown. 



Growing on the ground in Costa Rica ; Oersted, Ic. 28. Pi- 

 leus 5 cm. and more in diameter ; stipe 5 cm. long, 4-6 mm. thick. 



7. PILOSACE OLIVAESPORA, A. (Hypholoma) 



OLIVAESPORUS E. & E., JoURN. MyCOL. V, 27. 1889. 



Pileus convex, subumbonate, brick-color or bay when moist, 

 grayish-bufif when dry, the surface covered with a dense furfura- 

 ceous coat which soon disappears. Stipe slender, flexuous, fistu- 

 lous, furfuraceous and colored as the pileus. Lamellae rounded 

 behind and free, at first purplish-violet, then purplish-brown, at 

 length dark brown ; spores when fresh olive-brown, becoming um- 

 ber-brown in drying, elliptic, 3.5-4 x 2 mic. 



Solitary or subcaespitose ; growing among moss in swamps. 

 Newfield, N. J., Ellis. Pileus 1.5-2 cm. in diameter; stipe 3-4 

 cm. long, 1-2 mm. thick. 



{To he continued.) 



INDEX TO NORTH AMERICAN MYCOLOGY. 



Alphabetical List of Articles, Authors, Subjects, New Species and 

 Hosts, New Names and Synonyms. 



W. A. KELLERMAN. 



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PucciNiA ornatula Holway n. sp. on Viola (canadensis?) [B. 

 C] Holway's N. A. Uredin. i 167. 10 May 1907. 



PucciNiA purpusii P. Henn. Hedw. 2)7 -270, 1898, [is Puccinia 

 plumbaria Peck, on Phlox or some genus near it. Holway.] 

 Holway's N. A. Uredin. i 147. 15 May 1906. 



