Rhodosporae 



Syracuse and Jamesville. September and October. L. M . Under- ciitopiius. 

 wood. Peck, 49th Rep. N. Y. State Dot. 



SPORES ROSY-RED. 



C. erythl'O'spoms Pk. Gr. red-spored. PileilS thin, hemispheri- 

 cal or strongly convex, glabrous or merely pruinose, pinkish-gray. 

 Flesh whitish tinged with pink, taste farinaceous. Gills narrow, 

 crowded, arcuate, deeply decurrent, colored like the pileus. Stem 

 equal or slightly tapering upward, hollow, slightly pruinose at the top, 

 colored like the pileus. Spores elliptical, 5x3-4^. 



Pileus 1-2 in. broad. Stem 1-1.5 in. long, 2-3 lines thick. 



Decayed wood and among fallen leaves in woods. Albany and 

 Ulster counties. September and October. 



The species is easily recognized by its peculiar uniform color, its nar- 

 row, crowded and generally very decurrent gills and by its bright rosy- 

 red spores. Sometimes individuals occur in which the gills are less 

 decurrent. Peck, 42 d Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Mt. Gretna, Pa., among fallen leaves. Sparsely gregarious. Sep- 

 tember to November. Mcllvaine. 



Edible, good. 



C. COilis'sans Pk. dusted. Pileus thin, convex, glabrous, pale 

 alutaceous, often dusted by the copious spores. Gills close, adnate, red- 

 dish-brown. Stem slender, brittle, hollow, cespitose, white. Spores 

 narrowly elliptical, 7. 5x4/4. 



Pileus II-5 in. broad. Stem 12 in. long, 1-2 lines thick. 



Base of an apple tree. Catskill mountains. September. 



Remarkable for the bright rosy-red spores which are sometimes so 

 thickly dusted over the lower pilei of a tuft as to conceal their real color. 

 The species is very rare. Peck, 4.26. Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



SPORES VERY PALE FLESH-COLORED, MERELY TINTED. 



C. CSespito'sus Pk. tufted. Pileus at first convex, firm, nearly reg- 

 ular, shining, white, then nearly plane, fragile, often irregular or eccen- 

 tric, glabrous but with a slight silky luster, even, whitish. Flesh white, 

 taste mild. Gills narrow, thin, crowded, often forked, adnate or slightly 



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