lOO NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



brown and striatulate on the margin when moist, pale alutaceous 

 when dry, flesh paler than the surface of the pileus ; lamellae close, 

 adnate or slightly rounded behind, pale brown becoming purplish' 

 brown; stem equal, flexuous, hollow or stuffed with a whitish pith, 

 slightly silky fibrillose, brownish or subrufescent with a white 

 mycelium at the base; spores ellipsoid, purplish brown, 8-10 x 4-5 fx. 



Pileus 8-16 mm broad; stem 2.5-5 cm long, 1-2 mm thick. 



Gregarious or subcespitose. Grassy ground by roadsides. Rens- 

 selaer CO. June. Rare. 



In drying, the moisture first disappears from the center of the 

 pileus. The young pileus and its margin, as well as the stem, are 

 sometimes adorned with a few white fibrils. 



\ Psilocybe spadicea Fr. 



BAY PSILOCYBE 

 Sylloge V, p. 1052 



Pileus fleshy, rigid, convex becoming nearly plane, obtuse, 

 scabrous, even, hygrophanous, bay or bay brown when moist, pallid 

 when dry; lamellae close, rounded behind, adnexed, dry, whitish 

 becoming pinkish brown ; stem equal, rather tough, glabrous, hollow, 

 even at the top, whitish; spores brown, 8-9 x 4-5 /x. 



Pileus 2.5-6 cm broad ; stem 5-8 cm long, 4-6 mm thick. 



Commonly cespitose. Ground in w^oods, among fallen leaves or 

 on and about the base of trees. Cattaraugus co. September. 



N Psilocybe fuscofolia n. sp. 



BROWN GILL PSILOCYBE 



Pileus fleshy, thin, conic or hemispheric, becoming convex plane 

 or centrally depressed, glabrous, even on the margin, hygrophanous, 

 aiutaceous when moist, subochraceous and rugose when dry, flesh 

 whitish or yellowish ; lamellae narrow, thin, close, adnate, some- 

 times forked, pale brown becoming reddish brown ; stem equal, 

 slender, hollow, silky fibrillose, white, thickened or subbulbous at 

 the base, there covered with a white mycelioid tomentum ; spores 

 brown, ellipsoid, 6-8 x 3-4 ju. 



Pileus 2.5-5 cm, broad; stem 2.5-4 cm long, 2-4 mm thick. 



Solitary, gregarious or cespitose. On or about stumps, on the 

 ground, decaying wood and in crevices of rocks in woods or in open 

 places. Xew York and Richmond counties. October and November. 

 Common. 



