REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I909 49 



KEY TO THE SECTIONS 



Pileus and stem both squamose Squarrosae 



Pileus and stem not both squamose 1 



1 Cuticle of the pileus lacerated or cracked 2 



1 Cuticle of the pileus continuous 3 



2 Pileus squamose or fibrillosely lacerated Lacerae 



2 Pileus radiately rimose and fibrillose Rimosae 



3 Pileus not viscid , Velutinae 



3 Pileus viscid Viscidae 



Squarrosae 



Pileus at first squamose or squarrosely squamose ; stem squamose, 

 colored like the pileus, both commonly some shade of brown. 



This section differs from the others in having the pileus and 

 stem alike in color and both squamose or squamulose. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES 



Spores even 1 



Spores net even 4 



1 Pileus dark brown 2 



1 Pileus not dark brown 3 



2 Pileus 2.5-5 cm broad, scales persistent calamistrata 



2 Pileus 1.5-2.5 cm broad, scales subdeciduous mutata 



3 Pileus tawny, stem hollow, fibrillose squamulose fibrillosa 



3 Pileus subochraceous, stem solid, squamulose unicolor 



4 Pileus 2.5 cm broad stellatospora 



4 Pileus less than 2.5 cm broad lanuginosa 



Inocybe calamistrata Fr. 

 CURVED SCALE INOCYBE 



Sylloge 5: 762 



Pileus fleshy, thin, campanulate or convex, obtuse, squarrosely 

 squamose, brown or dark brown, flesh whitish, reddish where 

 wounded; lamellae close, adnexed, whitish becoming ferruginous, 

 the edge thick, whitish ; stem equal, tough, solid, squarrosely squa- 

 mose, brown, bluish at the base; spores oblong or ellipsoid, even, 

 10-15 x 5-6 ,'J. 



Pileus 1-3 cm broad; stem 3-7 cm long, 2-4 mm thick. 



Damp places under trees or bushes. Albany, Essex and Warren 

 counties. August and September. 



This species is well marked by the recurved scales of the pileus 

 and stem and the bluish tint at the base of the stem. The European 

 plant is described as having a strong odor but this character is 

 scarcely noticeable in the American plant. 



