68 Report of the State Botanist. 



Galera rufipes Fk. 



Reddish-stemmed Galera. 



(Forty-secoud State Mus. Rep. p. 20. Botanisl's Edition.) 



Pileus campanulate or convex, hygrophanous, reddish-tawny 

 and striatulate when moist, whitened on the margin by the 

 remains of the white tibrillose veil, pale-ochraceous when dry ; 

 lamt'llse broad, subdistant, eraarginate. yellowish or subochraceous, 

 slightl}^ crenulate on the whitish edge; stem slender, hollow, 

 slightly fibrilldse below, pruinose at the top, reddish -brown ; 

 spores elliptical, subochraceous, .0ft025 to .0003 in. long, .00016 to 

 .(Mi(i2 broad. 



Pileus 4 to <) lines broad ; stem about 1 in. long, .5 line thick. 



Mos.sy ground in woods. Essex county. September. 

 This species is easily separated from Galera Hypnorum bj \hQ 

 whitened tibrillose margin of the pileu^ and by its smaller spores. 



Plica lELL^ sec. nov. Pileus mt mbranous, conical or campanu- 

 late, more or less expanded in maturity, plicate-striate. 



The two species here described differ so much in the character 

 of the pileus and its striations from the other species of the genus 

 that I have thought it best to institute a new Section for their 

 reception. I find no description of any similar European species. 

 They are probable peculiar to this country. 



Galera flava Pk. 



Pale-yellow Galera. 



CForty-flfth State Mus. Rep., p. 19.) 



Pileus membranous, ovate or campanulate, moist or subhygro- 

 phanous, obtuse, plicate-striate on the margin, yellow ; lamellae 

 thin, narrow, crowded, adnate, at first whitish, then yellowish- 

 cinnamon ; stem equal or slightly tapering upward, hollow, 

 slightly striate at the top, sprinkled with white mealy particles, 

 white or yellowish ; spores ovate or subelliptical, brownish-ferru- 

 ginous, .0005 in. long, .0003 broad. 



Pileus 6 to 12 lines broad ; stem 2 to 3 in. long, 1 to 1.5 lines 

 thick. 



Damp vegetable mold in woods. Tompkins county. July. 



This species is well marked by the pale-yellow color of the 

 pUeus and its plicate striations which are very distinct even in 



