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agreement with the description of Inocybe lanuginosa 

 (Bull.) Karst. as given in Sylloge is so close that it seems best to 

 refer our plant to this species. 



Lacerae 



Cuticle of the pileus squamose or fibrillosely lacerated; stem paler 

 than the pileus. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES 



Spores even I 



Spores angular or nodulose 2 



1 Pileus brown, fibrillosely squamulose inf elix 



1 Pileus ochraceous buff, rimosely squamose in the center. .. .squamosodisca 



2 Spores angular maritimoides 



2 Spores nodulose 3 



3 Pileus brown or grayish brown diminuta 



3 Pileus tawny or ochraceous : ■. subfulva 



Inocybe infelix Pk. 



UNFORTUNATE INOCYBE 



Ag. (Inocybe) infelix Pk. N. Y. State Mus. Rep"t 32, p.29 



Pileus campanulate broadly convex or nearly plane, subumbonate, 

 floccosely squamulose, grayish brown or umber, flesh whitish; 

 lamellae close, adnexed, ventrieose, broad, whitish becoming brown- 

 ish ferruginous ; stem equal, solid, silky fibrillose, pallid or 

 whitish above, generally brownish toward the base, pruinose at 

 the top; spores oblong, even, 10-15 x 5-6 p, cystidia flask shape, 

 40-60 x 15-20 P-. 



Pneus 1.5-2.5 cm broad; stem 2-5 cm long, 2-4 mm thick. 



Naked sterile soil or among mosses. Albany, Saratoga, Essex 

 and Hamilton counties. May to August. 



Var. brevipes Pk. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 2, p. 13. 



Pileus scarcely exceeding 1.5 cm broad, stem about 1.5 cm long. 



This is a common and variable species, but it is easily recognized 

 by its persistently squamulose brown pileus and its oblong even 

 spores. In wet weather the cuticle of the pileus is often more lac- 

 erated than in dry weather. The umbo is sometimes wanting. The 

 plants occur throughout the season when the weather conditions are 

 favorable. It is gregarious in its mode of growth. 



