species of North American Fungi. 285 



purpurascente j stipite solido sursum incrassato glabro albo- 

 purpureo ; lamellis rectis adnatis pallidc purpurcis. Curt. 

 no. 5520. On the naked soil, Connecticut, C. Wright. 



Pileus 1^ inch across, convex, smooth, of a pale dull purple; 

 stein 1-1 ^ inch high, 1^ line thick, solid, smooth, incrassated 

 upwards, purplish white; gills pale purple, margin straight. 

 Spores elliptic, 3-73-0 inch long. 



Differs from A. laccatus in the numerous gills and very dif- 

 ferent spores. 



55. A. (Clitocybe) glaucipes, B. & C, Pileo convexo tenui 

 rufulo pubescente, margine incurvo ; stipite solido concolore 

 glauco ; lamellis adnatis distantibus rectis candidis. Curt, 

 no. 5546. On the ground in woods, Connecticut, C. Wright. 



Pileus 1 inch across, convex, thin, pubescent, pale rufous ; 

 margin incurved ; stem 2 inches high, 3- inch thick, solid, of the 

 same colour as the pileus, with a white bloom ; gills moderately 

 distant, adnate, straight, white. 



Allied to A. laccatus. 



56. A. (Collybia) praceps, B. & C. Pileo e convexo umbili- 

 cato virgato rufo; stipite deorsum attenuato, pruinoso; lamellis 

 albidis adnatis. Curt. no. 5758. New England, Aug. 1856, 

 D. Murray. 



Pileus 2-4 inches or more across, subcarnose, at first convex, 

 then flat and depressed, undulated, russet-brown, darker in the 

 centre, finely and regularly streaked ; flesh white, soft ; stem 

 3-4 inches high, about £ inch thick, strongly attenuated at the 

 base, rather twisted, flexible, stringy with a loose pith ; gills dirty 

 white, thickish, somewhat ventricose, acutely adnate ; edges at 

 length uneven and the surface wrinkled, sometimes streaked 

 with brown. 



A flexible, top-heavy, flabby species, allied to A. fusipes. 



57. A. (Collybia) Spragueii, B. & C. Albus, pileo umbonato 

 carnoso sericeo-nitente stipiteque cavo glabris; lamellis an- 

 gustis adnatis crispatis. Curt. no. 5757. On decayed stumps 

 in shady woods, Sept. 1856, New England, Sprague. 



White. Pileus 4-5 inches across, convex, strongly umbonate, 

 fleshy, smooth, with a satiny lustre when dry ; flesh very thick 

 in the centre, not very compact ; margin thin, slightly turned 

 up ; stem 4^-5 inches high, 1 inch thick, smooth, stringy, very 

 hollow, splitting and bending with the weight of the pileus ; 

 gills narrow, obtusely adnate, crowded, crisped ; edge minutely 

 waved. 



A moist heavy-topped species, allied to A. maculatus. 



58. A. (Collybia) stereocephalus, B. & C. Pileo convexo, late 

 umbonato firmo brunneo-albo ; stipite farcto candido basi bul- 

 boso; lamellis albis adnatis utrinque rotundatis. Curt. no. 



