Agaricacese 



Gaiera. Though small it makes up in quantity when found. The stems are 

 not as tender as the caps. Quality good. 



BOLBI'TIUS Fr. 



Gr. cow's dung. 



Boibitius. Pileus membranaceous. Gills adnexed or free, membranaceous, soft, 

 salmon-color or rusty, dissolving (not dripping as in Coprinus), pow- 

 dered with the rusty spores. Stem central; universal veil absent, 

 partial veil often obsolete. 



Very delicate and fragile, remarkable among the Ochrosporae for the 

 gills dissolving into mucus, and in this respect analogous with Coprinus 

 among the Melanosporae, and Hiatula amongst the Leucosporae. Grow- 

 ing on dung or amongst grass where dung abounds. 



A small but very natural genus, with the vegetative portion like 

 Coprinus and the fructification resembling Cortinarius, hence occupying 

 an intermediate position between these two genera. Fries. 



B. Bol'toni Fr. after Bolton. Pileus rather fleshy, viscid, at first 

 even, then with the membranaceous margin sulcate, disk darker, subde- 

 pressed. Stem attenuated, yellowish, at first floccose from the remains 

 of the fugacious veil. Gills subadnate, yellow then livid-brown. Fries. 



Haddonfield, N. J., cespitose among manure on sawdust. 



Of small substance but good consistency and flavor. 



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