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24. STROPHARIA DISTANS, Agaricus distans Per- 

 sooN, Disp. METH. FUNG. 179/; Agaricus jquamosus Persoon 

 Synopsis Fung. i8oi ; Fries, Obs. Myc. II, iSiB. 



Pileus fleshy, convex, then expanded and explanate, obtuse 

 or subumbonate ; the flesh thin, whitish; the surface viscid when 

 moist, ochraceous, covered with scattered floccose scales. Stipe 

 tall, slender, tapering upward, fistulous, pallid above, ferruginous 

 and villous-scaly below the distant annulus. Lammelae broad, 

 close, adnate, cierreous, then blackening ; spores eliptic-oblong,. 

 10-14 X 6-8 mic. 



Growing on the ground in fields and woods ; N. Carolina, 

 Curtis; New York, Peck. Pileus 3-7 cm. in diameter; stipe 6-12 

 cm. long, 4-6 mm. thick. 



25. STROPHARIA CUBENSIS EARLE, Hongos Cu- 

 banos, 1906. 



Pileus fleshy, convex, then nearly explanate, umbonate ; the 

 flesh thin, white, inclining to yellow ; the surface smooth and 

 glabrous, viscid when young and moist, shining when dry, ochra- 

 ceous with a tinge of lilac. Stipe arising from a more or less 

 thickened base, tapering upward, hollow, glabrous, yellowish at 

 the summit, dark gray below, turning green and blue when cut 

 or bruised, annulus ample, thick, persistent. Lamellae broad, 

 close, ventricose, adnexed, at first pale gray, at length purple- 

 brown ; spores elliptic, 13-15 x 9-10 mic. 



Solitary or somewhat gregarious ; growing in rich soil and 

 pastures where the land is wet ; Cuba, Earle. Pileus 3-8 cm. in 

 diameter; stipe 6-10 cm. long, 4-10 mm. thick. 



INDEX TO NORTH AMERICAN MYCOLOGY. 



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

 Hosts, New Names and Synonyms. 



w. A. kellerman. 



(Continued from page 47.) 



Allen, Caroline L. The development of some species of Hy- 

 pholoma. Ann. Mycolog. 4:387-394. Oct. 1906. 



Alternation of Generations and the Morphology^ of the Spore 

 Forms in the Rusts. A. H. Christman. Bot. Gaz. 44:81-101, 

 PI. VII. Aug. 1907. 



Amanita phalloides, A case of poisoning by. Otto E. Jennings.. 

 Jour. Mycol. 13:187-8. Sept. 1907. 



