68 Report of the State Botanist. 



Galera rufipes Fk. 



Reddish-stemmed Galera. 



(Forty-secoud Slate Mua. Rep p. 80. Botanist's Edition.) 



rileus campanulate or convex, hygrophanous, reddish-tawny 

 and striatulate when moist, whitened on the margin, by the 

 remains of the white fibrillose veil, pale-ochraceous when dry ; 

 lamull^ broad, subdistant, emarginate. yellowish or subochraceous, 

 slightl}' crenulate on the whitish edge; stem slender, hollow, 

 hlightly fibrillose below, pruinose at the top, reddish -brown ; 

 spores elliptical, subochraceous, .Oii025 to .0003 in. long, .00016 to 

 .0002 broad. 



Pileus 4 to (j lines broad ; stem about 1 in. long, .5 line thick. 



Mossy ground in woods. Essex county. September. 

 This species is easily separaed from Galera Ilypnorum by i\ie 

 whilenra librillose margin of the pileus and by its smaller spores. 



Plicatell^ sec. nov. Pileus membranous, conical or campanu- 

 late, more or less expanded in maturit}'^, plicate-striate. 



The two species here described differ so much in the character 

 of the pileus and its striations from the other species of the genus 

 tliat I have thought it best to institute a new Section for their 

 reception. I find no description of any similar European species. 

 They are probable peculiar to this country. 



Galera flava Ph. 



Pale-yellow Galera. 



(Forty-fifth State Mus. Rep., p. 19.) 



Pileus membranous, ovate or campanulate, moist or subhygro- 

 phanous, obtuse, plicate-striate on the margin, yellow ; lamelljE 

 thin, narrow, crowded, adnate, at first whitish, then yellowish- 

 cinnamon; stem equal or slightly tapering upward, hollow, 

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

 white or yellowish ; spores ovate or subelliptical, brownish-ferru- 

 ginous, .0005 in. long, .0003 broad. 



Pileus 6 to 12 lines broad ; stem 2 to 3 in. long, 1 to 1.5 lilies 

 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 



