Report of the State Botanist. 59 



and G. callista. They do not quite fully meet the requirements 

 of the generic character inasmuch as their lamelke are not 

 entirely free, but in other respects, and especially in the viscid 

 pileus, they agree better with this genus than with Galera. The 

 attachment of the lamellas to the stem is very slight, but just 

 enough to show the intimate relationship of the two genera. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



Lamellae wholly free ' 1 



Lamella slightly adnexed 2 



1. Plant growing on dung or rich soil coprophilus. 



1. Plant growing on decaying wood .... reticulatus. 



2. Plant growing on damp soil in exsiccated water 



holes callistus. 



2. Plant growing on decaying wood or rich soil . . . expansus. 



Pleuteolus coprophilus n. sj?. 



DuNG-LOVING PlUTEOLUS. 



Pileus thin, submembranous, fragile, conical or campanulate, 

 becoming nearly plane, some^A'hat viscid when moist, finely 

 striate on the margin, pinkish-grey; lamellae narrow, crowded, 

 free, pale cinnamon ; stem long, straight or somewhat flexuous, 

 hollow, white, sometimes tinged with pink; spores elliptical, 

 dark-ferruginous, .0005 to .0006 in. long, about .0003 in. broad. 



Pileus 1 to 1.5 in, broad ; stem 2 to 3.5 in. long, 1 to 2 lines 

 thick. 



Dung heaps. Albau}'^ and Warren counties. May and June. 



The plants sometimes are caespitose. The striations of the 

 pileus are similar to those of Galera lateritia, from which this 

 species is separated by its more expanded viscid pileus, different 

 color and free lamellae. 



Pluteolus expansus Pk. 



Expanded Pluteoms. 



iGalera expansa Pk. Twenty-sixth State Mus. Rep., p. 58.) 



Pileus submembranaceous, becoming nearly plane or centrally 

 depressed, viscid, plicate-striate on the margin, brownish-ochra- 

 ceous, often tinged with yellow, grey, pink or greenish hues; 

 lamella? narrow, close, rounded behind, slightly adne.xod. pale 



