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stem slender, hollow, more or less fibrillose, subflexuous, colored 

 like the pileus ; spores elliptical or subovate, .0004 to .0005 in. 

 long, .00025 to .0003 broad. 



Pileus 6 to 12 lines broad; stem 2.5 to 5 in. long, 1 to 1.5 lines 

 thick. 



In marshes among Sphagnum. Fulton, Rensselaer and Seneca 

 counties and Adirondack mountains. June to August. 



This is easily distinguished from Galera Hyjmorum, to which 

 it has sometimes been subjoined as a variety, by its larger size, 

 more expanded pileus, fibrillose stem and peculiar place of growth. 

 There is a notable form with a well-developed veil which may be 

 designated var. velata. Veil white, webby or almost mem- 

 branous, breaking up on the upper part of the stem and forming 

 floccose scales, often evanescent with age. In this variety the 

 moist pileus is sometimes chestnut color or bay red, being darker 

 than in the ordinary forms of the species. Very often the fibrils 

 of the stem are grouped in flakes or patches in such a way as to 

 give a wavy appearence to the stem itself. 



Galera Hypnorum Batsch. 

 Hypnum Galera. 



(Hym. Europ., p. 270. Sylloge Vol. v, p. 868) 



Pileus membranaceous, conical or campanulate, obtuse or 

 papillate, glabrous, hygrophanous, watery-cinnamon or suboch- 

 raceous and striatulate when moist, paler when dry, often fading 

 to yellowish or buff; lamellae broad, adnate, ventricose, distant, 

 tawny or cinnamon color, often whitish flocculose on the edge ; 

 stem slender, hoUow, flexuous, smooth, pruinose at the top, 

 commonly colored like the pileus; spores elliptical, .0004 to 

 .0005 in. long, .00024 to .0003 broad. 



Pileus 3 to 6 lines broad ; stem 1 to 2 in. long, less than a line 

 thick. 



Among mosses in woods, either on the ground or on prostrate 

 decaying trunks. Common in hilly or mountainous districts. 

 June to September. 



This is a small species but it varies considerably in size and 

 color. Var. nigrijpes has a blackish-brown stem. 



ERioDEKMiE. Pileus submembranaceous, the veil manifest, 

 superficial, separating, at first silky or squamulose, especially on 

 the margin. 



