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cavities of adjacent rocks. We must therefore conclude that it is 
a permanent character. 
The color of the young lamellae is not known. The mycelium 
binds together a mass of sand at the base of the stem. This ad- 
heres to the stem when carefully taken up and gives it the ap- 
pearance of being bulbous. This most distinct and remarkable 
species may very appropriately commemorate the name of the 
illustrious botanist, C. E. Bessey, who with his son, E. A. Bessey, 
discovered it. 
Pileus tenuis, ovatus ovalisve, rare subglobosus, obtusus, glaber, 
nunquam expansus, isabellinus vel subochraceus, in margine ab- 
rupte contractus et stipitem amplexans; lamellae tenues, confertae, 
ascendentes, adnatae, ferrugineo-brunneae; stipes gracilis, sub- 
flexuosus, glaber, levis vel substriatus, pileo in colore similis; 
sporae ellipsoideae, 14-16 X I0-I2 ». 
Pileus 5-12 mm longus, 4-10 mm latus; stipes 2.5-5 cm longus, 
I-2 mm crassus. 
Hygrophorus obconicus 
Pileus fleshy, thick in the center, obconic, convex or nearly 
plane becoming depressed in the center, involute on the margin, 
glabrous, pruinose, white or whitish, with the center yellowish, 
becoming pale alutaceous with age, flesh white; lamellae thick, 
distant, ventricose, very decurrent, white; stem straight or flexuous, 
equal or tapering downward, brittle, stuffed, white; spores sub- 
globose, .0oo16—.00024 of an inch long, .coo16-.0002 broad. 
Pileus 6-12 lines broad; stem Io-12 lines long, 3-5 lines thick. 
Cespitose. Among sphagnum in swamps. Stow, Mass.. Sep- 
tember. S. Davis. 
This is allied to H. pratensis albus Sacc. from which it 
may be separated by its habitat, color and smaller spores. 
Pileus carneus, centro crassus, convexus vel subplanus, deinde 
centro depressus, glaber, pruinosus, albus albidusve, disco flavido 
yel griseo-flavido, in maturitate pallido-alutaceus, carne alba; 
lamellae crassae, distantes, ventricosae, valde decurrentes, albae; 
stipes rectus vel flexuosus, aequalis vel deorsum attenuatus, fragilis, 
farctus, albus; sporae subglobosae, 4-6 X 4-5 ». 
Pileus 1.5-2.5 cm latus; stipes 2-2.5 cm longus, 6-10 mm 
crassus. 
Inocybe intricata 
Pileus thin, conic or convex becoming expanded, umbonate, 
fibrillose, radiately rimose, pale brown or tawny brown, shining, 
the umbo generally darker, flesh white; lamellae close, adnate or 
