Ochrosporee 



frost it can usually be gathered in quantity. It is small, tender, shrivels Gaiera. 

 in cooking, but makes a savory, excellent dish. 



Var. obscurior found cespitose on very old manure at a ruined stable, 

 Mt, Gretna, Pa., August. Mcllvaine. 



G. fla'va Pk. flavus, yellow. Pileus membranous, ovate or bell 

 shaped, moist or subhygrophanous, obtuse, plicate striate on the mar- 

 gin, yellow. LamelleB thin, narrow, crowded, adnate, at first whitish, 

 then yellowish-cinnamon. Stem equal or slightly tapering upward, hol- 

 low, slightly striate at the top, sprinkled with white mealy particles, 

 white or yellowish. Spores ovate or subelliptical, brownish-rust-color, 

 13x8^. 



Pileus 6-12 lines broad. Stem 2-3 in. long, 1-1.5 l mes thick. 



Damp vegetable mold in woods. Tompkins county. July. 



This species is well marked by the pale-yellow color of the pileus and 

 its plicate striations which are very distinct even in the dried specimens. 

 They extend half way to the disk or more. When dry the pileus is seen 

 to be sprinkled with shining atoms as in some other species of the same 

 genus. Occasionally the yellow cuticle cracks into squamules or small 

 scales. Peck, 46th Rep. 



Trenton, N.J., Sterling; Haddonfield, N. J. ; Pennsylvania. Among 

 chips in woods and on woods ground. Mcllvaine. 



This species is frequent, and when plentiful well worth gathering. It 

 has a more woody flavor than other Gaiera, but is tasty. 



G. vittsefor'mis Fr. vitta, a chaplet; forma, form. Pileus ^-i in. 

 broad, date-brown when moist, membranaceous, conical then hemis- 

 pherical, obtuse, even at tJie disk, striate toward the margin, smooth. 

 Stem 1^-3 in. long, > i line thick, tubular, equal, somewhat straight, 

 but not tense and straight, smooth or sometimes pubescent, slightly 

 striate under a lens, opaque, rust-color. Veil scarcely conspicuous. 

 Gills adnate, broader at the middle, in the form of a segment when 

 larger, somewhat ascending, somewhat distant, at first watery-cinnamon, 

 at length rust-color. Fries. 



Spores elliptical, i2x6/A Massee. 



Haddonfield, N. J. ; Mt. Gretna, Pa. On pastures, lawns, etc. June 

 to September. Mcllvaine. 



Not previously reported. 



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