60 Report of the State Botanist. 



cinnamon or ferruginous ; stem rather long, slender, fragile, equal 

 or slightly tapering upward, hollow, faintly striate, pruinose, 

 yellow or greenish-yellow ; spores .00045 to .0005 in. long, .00025 

 to .0003 broad. 



Pileus 1 to 1.5 in. broad ; stem 3 to 4 in. long, 1 to 2 lines 

 thick. 



Decaying wood and rich ground. ( )nondaga and Rensselaer 

 counties. June to August. 



Var. terrestris. Pileus grayish-yellow, tinged with green, stem 

 greenish-yellow. Growing on rich or well-manured soil. The 

 plicate striations of the pileus are similar to those of Galera 

 flava and G. coprinoides. The species has been removed to this 

 genus because of the viscidity of the pileus, nevertheless it must 

 be confessed that such a feature is scarcely satisfactory for 

 generic distinction. 



Pluteolus callistus Pk. 

 Most Beautiful Pluteolus. 



(^Galera calUsta Pk. Twenty -sixth State Mus. Rep., p. 59.) 



Pileus thin, expanded, subumbonate, smooth, viscid, striatulate 

 on the margin, olivaceous or ochraceous, the umbo bright chest- 

 nut color; lamellse thin, close, ventricose, adnexed, easily sepa- 

 rating from the stem, yellowish becoming bright ferruginous ; 

 stem equal, hollow, pruinose, yellow ; spores elliptical, .00035 to 

 .0004 in. long, .0002 to .00025 broad. 



Pileus 6 to 10 lines broad ; stem 1 to 1.5 in. long, ,5 line thick. 



Exsiccated water holes in low swampy woods. Lewis county. 

 September. 



This pretty little agaric was discovered in 1872, but has not 

 since been rediscovered. It may, therefore, be regarded as very 

 rare. In the dried specimens the lameUae are white on the edge, 

 and the pileus has assumed a dull metallic green color. The 

 species is placed in this genus because of its expanded and viscid 

 pileus. 



Pluteolus reticulatus Pers. 



Reticulated Pluteolus. 



(Hym. Europ , p. 2G6. Sylloge vol. v., p. 859.) 



Pileus slightly fleshy, campanulate, then expanded, viscous, 

 reticulata with anastomosing veins, pale violaceous, striate on the 

 margin; lamellae free, ventricose, crowded, saffron-ferruginous; 



