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  BULLETIN 
  N. 
  Y. 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  The 
  numerous 
  narrow 
  and 
  elongated 
  basidia 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  are 
  

   suggestive 
  of 
  the 
  specific 
  name. 
  The 
  plant 
  is 
  also 
  easily 
  recognized 
  

   by 
  the 
  peculiar, 
  pale, 
  livid 
  gray 
  hue 
  of 
  the 
  pileus, 
  and 
  the 
  slight 
  

   violaceous 
  tint 
  of 
  the 
  lamellae. 
  The 
  pileus 
  is 
  rarely 
  slightly 
  umbo- 
  

   nate. 
  When 
  dry 
  both 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  stem 
  have 
  a 
  slight 
  silky 
  appearance. 
  

   The 
  stem 
  is 
  usually 
  solid, 
  and 
  slightly 
  enlarged 
  as 
  it 
  enters 
  the 
  

   pileus. 
  The 
  species 
  should 
  be 
  placed 
  among 
  the 
  Orbiformes, 
  though 
  

   in 
  some 
  respects 
  it 
  approaches 
  C. 
  obbatus 
  and 
  O. 
  Calathus. 
  It 
  also 
  

   has 
  the 
  aspect 
  of 
  some 
  species 
  of 
  Hygrophorus. 
  

  

  Collybia 
  alcalinolens. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  thin, 
  subcorneal 
  or 
  convex, 
  then 
  expanded, 
  slightly 
  silky- 
  

   fibrillose, 
  shining, 
  hygrophanous, 
  dark 
  watery-brown 
  when 
  moist, 
  

   grayish-brown 
  or 
  cinereous 
  when 
  dry, 
  flesh 
  white 
  ; 
  lamellae 
  rather 
  

   broad, 
  subdistant, 
  adnate 
  or 
  emarginate 
  with 
  a 
  decurrent 
  tooth, 
  

   whitish 
  ; 
  stem 
  equal, 
  glabrous, 
  slightly 
  prninose 
  above, 
  hollow, 
  

   shining, 
  whitish 
  ; 
  spores 
  broadly 
  elliptical, 
  .0003 
  to 
  .00035 
  in. 
  long, 
  

   .0002 
  "to 
  .00025 
  in. 
  broad. 
  

  

  Plant 
  gregarious, 
  1 
  to 
  2 
  in. 
  high, 
  pileus 
  8 
  to 
  18 
  lines 
  broad, 
  stem 
  

   1 
  to 
  3 
  lines 
  thick. 
  

  

  Thin 
  woods 
  and 
  bushy 
  places. 
  Sandlake. 
  June 
  and 
  July. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  has 
  a 
  peculiar 
  odor 
  resembling 
  that 
  of 
  chloride 
  of 
  

   lime. 
  In 
  this 
  respect 
  it 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  some 
  species 
  of 
  Mycena. 
  The 
  

   plant 
  is 
  quite 
  variable. 
  The 
  disk 
  of 
  the 
  pileus 
  is 
  now 
  elevated, 
  now 
  

   depressed, 
  sometimes 
  darker 
  than 
  the 
  rest, 
  sometimes 
  canescent 
  with 
  

   short, 
  grayish 
  fibrils. 
  The 
  margin 
  is 
  quite 
  thin 
  and 
  sometimes 
  stri- 
  

   atulate 
  when 
  moist. 
  Occasionally 
  it 
  surpasses 
  the 
  lamellae, 
  which 
  in 
  

   the 
  expanded 
  plant 
  are 
  often 
  ventricose. 
  The 
  stem 
  is 
  sometimes 
  

   irregular 
  or 
  compressed. 
  The 
  species 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  section 
  Te- 
  

   phrophan^e, 
  and 
  is 
  apparently 
  allied 
  to 
  A. 
  laceratus. 
  

  

  Leptonia 
  albinella. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  submembranous, 
  subcorneal 
  or 
  convex, 
  subumbilicate, 
  fur- 
  

   furaceous 
  or 
  minutely 
  squamulose, 
  hygrophanous, 
  whitish 
  and 
  stri- 
  

   atulatc 
  on 
  the 
  margin 
  when 
  moist, 
  white 
  and 
  shining 
  when 
  dry 
  ; 
  

   lamellae 
  narrow, 
  close, 
  adnexed, 
  white, 
  becoming 
  incarnate 
  ; 
  stem 
  

   equal, 
  hollow, 
  glabrous 
  or 
  slightly 
  pruinose, 
  whitish 
  ; 
  spores 
  angular, 
  

   .00045 
  to 
  .0005 
  in. 
  long, 
  .0003 
  to 
  .00035 
  in. 
  broad. 
  

  

  Plant 
  1.5 
  to 
  2 
  in. 
  high, 
  pileus 
  6 
  to 
  12 
  lines 
  broad, 
  stem 
  1 
  line 
  

   thick. 
  

  

  Bushy 
  places. 
  Sandlake. 
  July. 
  

  

  