334 Peck : New species of fukgi 



Flammula praecox 



Pileus fleshy, convex, becoming nearly plane, glabrous, moist 

 or hygrophanous, brown or reddish brown, paler w^hen old and dry, 

 sometimes with a dull greenish tint, margin at first involute, flesh 

 pallid J lamellae rather close, adnate or sometimes slightly rounded 

 behind, pale ochraceous becoming brownish ochraceous, whitish 

 and minutely crenulate or eroded on the edge; stem equal or 

 slightly tapering upward, becoming hollow with age, silky-fibril- 

 lose, slightly floccose or furfuraceous at the top when young 

 by the pure white slight and evanescent veil, pallid, with a soft 

 white tomentum at the base ; spores subochraceous, ellipsoid, 



7-8 fi X 4-5 Z^- 



Pileus 2-3 cm. broad ; stem 2-4 cm. long, 4-6 mm. thick. 



Gregarious or cespitose. On decaying wood, bark, or branches 

 of deciduous trees, commonly basswood, Ti/m americana L,, or 

 even on dead herbaceous stems. Rockville, Indiana. February 

 and March. G. T. Howell 



Remarkable for its early appearance. It apparently belongs 

 to the tribe Sapinei but the color of the young lamellae is 

 uncertain. 



Pileus carneus, convexus, demum subplanus, glaber, hygro- 

 phanus, brunneus, deinde pallido-brunneus vel rufo-brunneus, ali- 

 quando viride tinctus, primo margine involuto, carne pallida ; lamel- 

 lae subconfertae adnatae, aliquando adnexae, pallido-ochraceae, 

 demum brunneo-ochraceae, acie albidae, crenulatae vel erosae ; 

 stipes aequalis vel sursum leviter attenuatus, demum fistulosus, 

 sericeo-fibrillosus, in juventate ad apicem leviter floccosus vel fur- 

 furaceus velo candido evanescente, pallidus, basi tomento molli 

 candido; sporae subochraceae, ellipsoidae, 7-8 fx x 4-5 /^. 



Pileus 2-1 cm. latus; stipes 2-4 cm. longus, 4-6 mm. crassus. 



Naucoria vinicolor 



Pileus broadly convex or centrally depressed, glabrous, dry, 

 wine-colored, flesh reddish ; lamellae subdistant, broad, adnexed, 

 wine-colored ; stem equal, hollow, fibrillose, subbulbous, colored 

 like the pileus ; spores elliptic, obtuse at each end, smooth, 

 8-9 /i X ^-^ II. 



Pileus 2-3 cm. broad ; stem 3-5 cm. long, 3-4 mm. thick. 



Growing from decaying wood or other vegetable matter in 

 open ground. Claremont, California. January. C, F. Baker. 



A peculiar species but well marked by its vinous red color. 

 The base of the stem is often covered by a white tomentum. It 

 belongs to the section Gymnotae. 



