Leucosporse 



and sometimes yellowish. Gills narrow, close, repeatedly forked, Canthareiius 

 orange, sometimes yellowish. Stem inequal, generally tapering upward, 

 colored like the pileus. Flesh yellowish, taste mild. 



Height 2-3 in., breadth of Pileus 1-3 in. Stem 2-4 lines thick. 



Ground and very rotten logs in woods or in fields. Common. Peck, 

 23d Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Spores 6.4-7.6x4-5^ Peck, ioxS/t Massee. 



Var. pallidus Pk. Pileus and gills pale yellow or whitish yellow. 



Stevenson says of the English species, "Unpleasant, reckoned pois- 

 onous." The writer's acquaintance with C. aurantiacus has been prin- 

 cipally confined to West Virginia. There its taste is mild, scent but lit- 

 tle, flavor not distinguishable from eastern C. Cibarius. There it is per- 

 fectly safe and wholesome ; neither have the writer and his friends any 

 reason for condemning it. 



C. umbona'tllS Fr. having an umbo. Pileus I in. and more broad, 

 ashy-blackish, slightly fleshy, convex when young, umbonate, at length 

 depressed, even, dry, flocculoso-stiky on the surface, shining brightly 

 especially under a lens. Flesh soft, white, often becoming red when 

 wounded. Stem 3 in. long, about 4 lines thick, stuffed, equal, elastic, 

 villous at the base, ash-colored, but paler than the pileus. Gills decur- 

 rent, thin, tense and straight, crowded, repeatedly divided by pairs, 

 shining-white . 



Odor and taste scarcely notable. Gregarious. Among the taller 

 mosses the stem is longer. Often overlooked from its habit being that 

 of an agaric. It varies with the pileus squamulose and blackish. 



In woods. April to August. Fries. 



The rather prominent gills of this small species are likely to confuse 

 those not familiar with its variance from the genuine type. Reddish 

 tinge to flesh not noticed in the American species. The writer has 

 gathered it in several states and enjoyed it for many years. 



C. rosel'lus Pk. rosy. Pileus thin, funnel-shaped, regular, glabrous, 

 pale pinkish-red. Flesh white. Gills narrow, close, dichotomous, deeply 

 decurrent, whitish, tinged with pink. Stem equal, slender, solid, 

 subglabrous, often flexuous, colored like the pileus. Spores minute, 

 broadly elliptical, 3.5x2.5^. 



Pileus 4-8 lines broad. Stem about I in. long, scarcely I line thick. 



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