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G.' Stipe white. 



H.^ Pileiis lleshy, white, often with 

 reddish spots ; stipe striate. 

 S. 207; St. 100; H. 112; Mc. 

 116; P. R. 49:37. 



C. macitlata .Mb. & Schw. 

 H.- Pileiis thin, white or yellow, not 

 spotted ; stipe usually not 

 striate. S. 9:30;?. R. 49:44. 

 C. strictipes Peck 

 G." Stipe some shade of yellow or brown 

 or occasionally pallid. 

 H.^ Stipe striate, usually consider- 

 ably tapering upward, pileus 

 soft to the touch. S. 209 ; H. 

 109 : St. loi ; M. 71 ; Mc. 1 17 ; 



p.'r. 49:37- 



C. biityracea Bull. 

 H.^ Stipe not striate, nearly equal or 

 slightly thickened below. 

 I.^ Lamellae yellowish or red- 

 dish-yellow, becoming 

 brownish-red in drying. S. 

 230; M. 72; P. R. 49:50. 

 C. color ea Peck 

 I.^ Lamellae not becoming 

 brownish-red. 

 J.^ Pileus usually reddish- 

 brown to tan, some- 

 times pallid or yellow- 

 ish. S. 234; H. no; 

 St. Ill ; ]\Ic. 120; M. 

 71. . .C. dryophila Bull. 

 J.- Pileus yellow (see notes). 

 K.^ Lamellae pallid ; stipe 

 not rooting : pileus 

 at first conic-cam- 



