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the thin margin of the pileus. In both species the plants usually 
become darker in drying. 
Entoloma peckianum Burt 
PECK ENTOLOMA 
N. Y. State Mus. Rep’t 54, p.146, pl.F, fig.o—16 
Pileus thin, conic becoming very convex or subcampanulate, 
moist, brown or blackish and shining, paler after the escape of the 
moisture, umbonate, obscurely roughened by the matted ends of 
minute fibrils; lamellae ascending, subclose, broad, abruptly 
rounded behind, adnexed, whitish becoming pink; stem slender, 
ecual, hollow, fibrillose striate, pale brown, often with white 
mycelium at the base, white within; spores angular, uninucleate, 
.0004—.0005 of an inch long, .0003—.0004 broad. 
Pileus 8-15 lines broad; stem 2-4 inches long, I-2 lines thick. 
In sphagnous marshes. Floodwood, Franklin co: August. 
In drying the pileus assumes a black color. 
Entoloma luteum Pk. 
YELLOW ENTOLOMA 
N. Y. State Mus. Rep’t 54, p.146, pl.F, fig.1-8 
Pileus thin, conic or subcampanulate, obtuse or subumbonate, 
moist, sometimes squamulose at the apex, yellow or smoky yellow, 
a little paler after the escape of the moisture, sometimes tinged 
with green; lamellae ascending, moderately close, broad, whitish 
becoming pale salmon color; stem slender, equal, hollow, slightly 
fibrillose striate, colored like the pileus, with white mvcelium at the 
base; spores subquadrate, angular, .oo04-.0005 of an inch in 
diameter. 
Pileus 6-10 lines broad; stem 3-4 inches long, 1-2 lines thick. 
Mossy ground in ae Floodwood, Franklin co. August. 
The squamules of the center of the pileus, when present, are so 
minute that they may be easily overlooked. To the naked ve 
the pileus appears to be glabrous. 
Entoloma variabile Pk. 
VARIABLE ENTOLOMA 
N. Y. State Mus. Rep’t 54, p.145, pl.F, fig.17-27 
Pileus thin, conic, ovate or subcampanulate, umbonate, obtuse 
or subumbilicate, moist, slightly fibrillose, pale yellow when young, 
