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membranaceous, tubzform, pervious, minutely floccose-squam- 
ulose, drying avellaneous to snuff-brown, the margin erect or 
decurved; stem short, hollow, black, with chamois-colored 
pubescence at the base; hymenium even or somewhat rugose, 
sometimes colored like the pileus but in the type chamois- 
colored; spores straw-yellow in the mass, even, obtuse, 12-15 
x 7-8 | 
Fructifications 4-7 cm. high; pileus 1-33 em. broad, 1-21 
ста. long, 2-4 mm. thick. 
On the ground among mosses in woods. New York and 
Missouri. Juneto September. Probably abundant in Missouri. 
Dr. Glatfelter noted a pleasant minty odor for the specimens. 
This species closely resembles C. cornucopioides in form, but 
differs from that species in having hymenium, spores, and base 
of stem yellow. А collection from the same spot from which 
the type collection came, but made in June two years later, 
has the hymenium snuff-brown and approaches C. cornucopioides 
in this respect. Iam not aware of any data on C. ocreatus Pers. 
except that based on the original description which is cited 
above. That species has presumably not been collected by 
European mycologists since the original collection from the 
environs of Paris a century ago. Our specimens differ from 
that description in having the stem yellow pubescent at the 
base and the hymenium somewhat rugose, and they may differ 
in other characters, e. g., spore colors, etc., not given in the 
brief description of C. ocreatus. Hence I give to our American 
specimens a distinct name. 
Specimens examined: 
New York: East Galway, E. A. Burt. 
Missouri: Meramec Highlands, N. M. Glatfelter (in Mo. Bot. 
Gard. Herb., 42585, type, and 42586-87); Columbia, В. M. 
Duggar, 134. 
7. C. dubius Peck, Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 31: 38. 1879. 
Illustrations: Hard, Mushrooms f. 380. 
Type: in Coll. New York State. 
Fructifications solitary or cespitose; pileus thin, infundi- 
buliform or subtubiform, subfibrillose, dark brown or lurid 
brown, pervious, the margin generally wavy and lobed; stem 
short, hollow, colored like the hymenium; hymenium dark 
