24 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



II. Bulb depressed-emarginate C. obliquus 



Base of stem club-shaped C. violaceiis 



PHOLIOTA Fr. 



Plants growing in soil I 



Plants growing on wood 2 



1. Cap I to 2 inches broad P. praecox 



Cap 3 to 5 inches broad, even in the center, wrinkled 



in pits at the sides P. caperata 



2. Cap less than 2 inches broad ; surface torn into minute 



scales, dry ; flesh thin P. cnrvipes 



Cap more than 2 inches broad ; flesh thick 3 



3. Cap viscid 4 



Cap not viscid, yellow-red, with d^ker, revolute scales 



P. squarrosa 



4. Cap and stem densely covered with thick, dark brown 



scales P. squarrosoides 



Cap and stem less densely covered with thin, red- 

 yellow scales P adiposa 



INOCYBE Fr. 



Cap floccose, scaly ; stem scaly /. lanuginosa 



Cap covered with silky fibers ". I 



I. Stem smooth; cap longitudinally cracked when ex- 

 panded /. rimosa 



Stem covered with hairy fibers; cap never cracking.. 



/. Hoccosa 



FLAMMULA Fr. 

 Plants large ; cap more than 4 inches broad, dr}% bufT- 



color F. magna 



Plants small I 



1 . Cap viscid 2 



Cap not viscid 3 



2. Stem solid, yellow ; cap yellow F. polychroa 



Stem hollow or stuffed ; cap brick-red F. fusiis 



3. Cap covered with silky threads near margin F. alnicola 



Cap smooth 4 



4. Cap pale yellow F. iiavida 



Cap cinnamon or tawny-orange F. hybrida 



