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MCSUROOMS. EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Photo by C. G. Lloyd. 

 FlGUHE ^^8. Xaucoria pediades. Natural size. 



NaucoHa pcdudosella. Atkinson n. sp. 



Paludosella is a diminutive of palus, gen. paludis, a swamp or marsh. 



Plants six to eight cm. high; pileus two and a half to three cm. broad; stem 

 three to four mm. thick. 



Pileus viscid when moist, convex to expanded, in age somewhat depressed; 

 clay color, darker over center, often with appressed clay brown scales with a 

 darker color. 



Gills raw umber to Mars brown (R), emarginate. adnate sometimes with a 

 decurrent tooth, easily becoming free. 



Cystidia on sides <>i gills none, cdiiv of gills with large, hyaline, thin-walled 



