REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I911 Id 



This species is well marked by having its pileus rugose when dry 

 and its lamellae brown from the first. Its somewhat bulbous stem, 

 firmly attached to its place of growth by its white basal tomentum 

 is also a noticeable character. Its brown spores, the incurved margin 

 of the pileus and the entire absence of a veil plainly indicate the 

 genus to which this peculiar species belongs. 



Psilocybe nigrella Pk. 



BLACKISH PSILOCYBE 

 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 139, p.28, pl.iii, fig. 7-1 1 



Pileus thin, broadly convex becoming nearly plane, slightly um- 

 bonate, hygrophanous, seal brown, shining and even or obscurely 

 striate on the margin when moist, raw umber or mummy brown 

 when dry; lamellae thin, rather close, rounded behind, adnexed, 

 purplish brown or seal brown, whitish on the edge ; stem firm, rigid, 

 equal, stufifed with a slender white pith, silky fibrillose, whitish; 

 spores dark purplish brown, almost black, ellipsoid, 10-12 x 6-8 ju,. 



Pileus 2.5-4 cm broad; stem 3.5-7 cm long, 2.4 mm thick. 



Scattered or gregarious. Damp mossy ground in swamps. 

 Albany co. October. Rare. Found but once. 



Psilocybe limicola Pk. 



MUD PSILOCYBE 



N. Y. State Mus. Rep't 24, p.70, pl.2, fig.9-13 

 Pileus thin, convex becoming nearly plane, glabrous, hygro- 

 phanous, dark brown and striatulate on the margin when moist, pale 

 ochraceous brown and rugosely wrinkled when dry; lamellae close, 

 rounded behind, adnexed, cinnamon brown, darker when old ; stem 

 slender, equal, brittle, silky, hollow above, stuffed with a pith below, 

 whitish; spores ellipsoid, 10-12 x 6-8 [i. 



Pileus 1.2-5 cm broad ; stem 3-8 cm long, 1.5-3 mm thick. 

 Gregarious or cespitose. Damp muck soil in woods. Lewis and 

 Franklin counties. September. 



Psilocybe fuscofulva Pk. 



TAWNY BROWN PSILOCYBE 



N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 2, p.7 

 Pileus thin, convex or subcampanulate, subumbonate, glabrous, 

 hygrophanous, dark brown and striatulate on the margin when 

 moist, subochraceous when dry; lamellae rather broad, moderately 



