THE ROSY-SPORED AGARICS 



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grayish flesh color, finely striate, margin darkened with micaceous 

 particles. 



The gills are distant, adnate, decurrent, rosy, slightly undulate, margin 

 irregularly darkened. 



The stem is one to two inches long, slender, smooth, hollow, wavy, same 

 color as the pileus, white tomentose at the base. 



Spores irregularly oblong, rough, 7x5^. 



It is found from Nova Scotia through the Middle West. It is commonly 

 reported in fir and pine woods but I find it on the hillsides about Chillicothe in 

 mixed woods. It is frequently found here associated with Boletinus porosus. 



Found in July, August, and September. 



Eccilia polita. Pers. 



Polita means having been furbished. 



The pileus is one inch or more broad, convex, umbilicate, somewhat mem- 

 branaceous, watery, livid or hair-brown to olive, smooth, shining when dry, 



finely striate on the mar- 

 gin. 



The gills are slightly decur- 

 rent, crowded, irregular or 

 uneven, flesh color. 



The stem is cartilaginous, 

 stuffed or hollow, lighter in 

 color than the pileus, equal 

 or sometimes slightly enlarged 

 at the base, polished from 

 which the specific name is de- 

 rived. 



This is a larger plant than 

 E. carneogrisea ; and it dif- 

 fers materially in the character 

 of its spores, which are 

 strongly angled and some 

 of them square, 10-12/* in 

 diameter, with a promin- 

 ent mucro at one angle. 

 It is found in the woods 

 from September to frost. 



Figure 206. Eccilia polita. Natural size. Caps hair-brown 

 to olive, umbilicate. 



