THE RUSTY-SPORBD AGARICS 275 



Pluteohis reticulatus. Pcrs. 



Reticulatus means made like a net ; from rctc, a net, so called from the net-like 

 appearance of veins on the cap. 



The pileus is slightly fleshy, campanulate, then expanded, rugoso-reticulate, 

 viscid, margin striate, pale violaceous. 



The gills are free, ventricose, crowded, saffron-yellow, to ferruginous. 



The stem is one to two inches long, hollow, fragile, fibrillose, inclined to be 

 mealy at the top, white. 



I have found only a few plants of this species in our state. It seems to be 

 rare. The anastomosing veins on the cap and its pale violaceous color will mark 

 the species. I have always found it on decayed wood. Captain Mcllvaine speaks 

 of finding it in quantities on the stems of fallen weeds and says it was tender and 

 of fine flavor. September. 



Gal era. Fr. 



Galera means a small cap. The pileus is more or less bell-shaped, margin 

 straight, at first depressed to the stem, hygrophanous, almost even, atomate when 

 dry, more or less membranaceous. 



The gills are attached to the stem or with a decurrent tooth, as in Mycena. 



The stem is cartilaginous, hollow, confluent with, but different in texture 

 from the cap. The veil is often wanting, but when present is fibrous and fugacious. 

 The spores are ochraceous ferruginous. 



Galera hypnorutn. Batsch. 

 The; Moss-Loving Galera. 



Hvpnorum means of mosses ; from hypna, moss. 



The pileus is membranaceous, conic, campanulate, smooth, striate, watery 

 when moist, pale when dry, cinnamon. 



The gills are attached to the stem, broad, rather distant, cinnamon-colored, 

 whitish on the edge. 



The stem is slender, wavy, same color as the pileus, pruinose at the apex. 

 This plant is very like G. tenera, only much smaller.and of a very different habitat. 

 Found in mosses from June to October. 



