REPORT OF THE STATE I'.OTAXIST ICJIZ 4/ 



Stem equal or slightly tapering upward, hollow, pruinose at the 

 top, white, often with a subglobose mass of earth adhering to 

 the base; spores purplish brown, ellipsoid, 8-10 x 5-6 /x. cystidia 



60-80 X 12-20 [I. 



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



Solitary or clustered. Minneapolis. Minn. August. Airs M. 

 S. Whetstone. 



Fileus tenuis, convexus vel subconicus, glal)er, hygrophauous, 

 pallide brunneus humidus, luteolus siccus, mox in centro brun- 

 neus et obscure in margine striatus. mox expansus laceratescens, 

 carne alba, sapore nucino ; lamellae tenues, confertae, adnatae, 

 albidae, purpureo-brunnescentes ; stipes aequalis vel leviter deor- 

 sum attenuatus cavus, ad apicem })ruinosus, albus, basi congio- 

 batus ; sporae purpuroe-brunneae, ellipsoidae, 8-10 x 5-6 fi, cys- 

 tidia 60-80 X 12-20 IX. 



Pileus 2-4 cm latus ; stipes 4-5 cm longus, 2-4 nun crassus. 



Psilocybe graveolens 



Cespitose, strongly odorous; pileus hemispheric or con^■ex, 

 glabrous, varying in color from cream}- white to subalutaceous, 

 flesh pallid ; lamellae close, subxcntricose, rt)un(led behind, ad- 

 nexed, brown when mature; stem equal, silky hbrillose, stutTed 

 or hollow, white; spores subelliptic, 8-10 x 5-6 /x. 



Hackensack marshes. New Jersey. November. W. 11. 

 Ballou. 



This species is remarkaltle for its strong, j^ersistent odor. 



Plantae caespitosae, graveolentes ; pileus hemisphaericus vel 

 conconvexus, glaber, cremeo sul)alutaceus, carne pallido ; lamel- 

 lae confertae, subventricosae, adnexae, in maturitate brunneae ; 

 stipes aequalis, sericeo-iibrillosus. confertus vel cavus. albus; 

 sporae sul)ellipticae, 8-10 x 5-6 /*. 



Ramularia anomala 



Tufts forming indehnite wdiitish patches on the lower surface 

 of the leaves with no discolored sjwt and scarcely visible to the 

 naked eye ; hyphae very minute, densely crowded aliout 20 u 

 long; spores oblong or cyhndric, continuous, hyaline, subacute, 



12-20 X 3-4 fl. 



Living leaves of climbing false buckwdieat. Polygonum 

 scandens L. Red Cloud, Neb. J. M. Bates. Communi- 

 cated by i'- Bartholomew. 



