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Leptonia serrulata. Pers. 

 Saw Leptonia. 



Serrulata means saw-bearing, so named from the serrulate character of the 

 gills. 



The pileus is dark-blue, flesh thin, umbilicate, depressed, without striate, 

 squamulose. 



The gills are attached to the stem, with a dark serrulate edge. 



The stem is thin, cartilaginous, paler than the pileus. 



Nolanea. Fr. 



Nolanea means a little bell, so called from the shape of the pileus. 



It is rosy-spored. The stem is cartilaginous and hollow. The pileus is sub- 

 menbranaceous, thin, bell-shaped, papillate, margin straight, pressed close to the 

 stem. The gills are free and not decurrent. They are found growing on the 

 ground in the woods and pastures. 



Nolanea pascua. P. 

 The Pasture Nolanea. 



Pascua means pasture. 



The pileus is membranaceous, conical, then expanded, slightly umbonate, 

 smooth, striate, watery ; when dry, shining like silk. 



The gills are nearly free, ventricose, crowded, dirty-grayish. 



The stem is hollow, fragile, silky-fibrous, striate. The spores are irregular, 

 9-10. They are found in pastures in summer and fall, after a rain. 



Nolanea conica. Pk. 



The Cone Nolanea. 



The pileus is thin, membranaceous, conical, with a minute umbo or papilla, 

 cinnamon-color, striatulate when moist. 



The gills are light flesh-color, nearly free. 

 The stem is slender, straight, hollow. 

 Found in moist woods. 



