Agaricaceee 



Phoiiota. species is allied to P. marginata, from which it is readily distinguished 

 by its viscid pileus. Peck, Rep. 44. 



Var. discolor minor Pk. Small. Pileus 6 10 lines broad, chestnut 

 color when young or moist. Stem about I line thick, at first clothed 

 with whitish fibrils. 



Among mosses about or on the base of stumps. September. Peck, 

 Rep. 46. 



West Virginia. Eagle's Mere, Mt. Gretna, Pa. August to frost. 

 On decaying wood. Mcllvaine. 



This little Phoiiota is abundant where it does grow. In the West 

 Virginia forests I have seen logs with many tufts of it upon each. The 

 caps are fairly good. 



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