REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 1912 A7 
stem equal or slightly tapering upward, hollow, pruinose at the 
top, white, often with a subglobose mass of earth adhering to 
the base; spores purplish brown, ellipsoid, 8-10 x 5-6 yp, cystidia 
60-80 x 12-20 p. 
Pileus 2-4 cm broad; stem 4-5 cm long, 2-4 mm thick. 
Solitary or clustered. Minneapolis, Minn. August. Mrs M. 
S. Whetstone. 
Pileus tenuis, convexus vel subconicus, glaber, hygrophanous, 
pallide brunneus humidus, luteolus siccus, mox in centro brun- 
neus et obscure in margine striatus, mox expansus laceratescens, 
carne alba, sapore nucino; lamellae tenues, confertae, adnatae, 
albidae, purpureo-brunnescentes ; stipes aequalis vel leviter deor- 
sum attenuatus cavus, ad apicem pruinosus, albus, basi congio- 
batus; sporae purpuroe-brunneae, ellipsoidae, 8-10 x 5-6 up, cys- 
tidia 60-80 x 12-20 p. 
Pileus 2-4 cm latus; stipes 4-5 cm longus, 2-4 mm crassus. 
Psilocybe graveolens 
Cespitose, strongly odorous; pileus hemispheric or convex, 
glabrous, varying in color from creamy white to subalutaceous, 
flesh pallid; lamellae close, subventricose, rounded behind, ad- 
nexed, brown when mature; stem equal, silky fibrillose, stuffed 
or hollow, white; spores subelliptic, 8-10 x 5-6 p. 
Haekensack marshes, New Jersey. November. W. H. 
Ballou. 
This species is remarkable for its strong, persistent odor. 
Plantae caespitosae, graveolentes; pileus hemisphaericus vel 
conconvexus, glaber, cremeo subalutaceus, carne pallido; lamel- 
lae confertae, subventricosae, adnexae, in maturitate brunneae; 
stipes aequalis, sericeo-fibrillosus, confertus vel cavus, albus; 
sporae subellipticae, 8-10 x 5-6 up. 
Ramularia anomala 
Tufts forming indefinite whitish patches on the lower surface 
of the leaves with no discolored spot and scarcely visible to the 
naked eye; hyphae very minute, densely crowded about 20 pu 
long; spores oblong or cylindric, continuous, hyaline, subacute, 
12-20 X 3-4 up. 
Living leaves of climbing false buckwheat, Polygonum 
peandens L. Red Cloud, Neb. J. M. Bates. Communi- 
cated by E. Bartholomew.. 
