REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST IQI2 49 
granular within, 2-5 w broad, sterile branches or mycelium grad- 
ually or sometimes abruptly tapering to a long slender point, the 
fertile often fasciculately combined; spores oblong or subcylin- 
dric, frequently narrowed toward one end, very variable, 6-16 x 
2-4 ph. 
On kernels of Indian corn, Zea mays L. Lexington, Ky. 
H. Garnian. : 
This is a remarkable species by reason of the peculiar color of 
the mature fungus. 
Mycelium late effusum; hyphae in matrice stratum molle to- 
mentosum formantes, primum album, deinde rubrum vel atro- 
purpureum, ramulis paucis irregularibusque, 2-5 p latis, saepe 
intra granularibus, septatis, sterilibus praelonge attenuatis, fer- 
tilibus in maturitate frequenter et fasciatim combinatis; sporae 
oblongae vel subcylindaceae, saepe infra attenuatae, variabiles, 
6-16 X 2-4 p. 
Stropharia umbilicata 
Pileus fleshy, convex, deeply umbilicate, shining, squamose 
with scattered appressed brownish scales, umber brown, tinged 
with olive green when dry, the margin sometimes adorned with 
fragments of the veil, flesh yellowish; lamellae close, adnexed or 
almost free, sinuate, 2-3 mm broad, becoming sooty brown with 
a white edge; stem subequal, slightly broader at the top, stuffed 
or hollow, fibrillosely scaly, whitish above, rusty brown below, 
annulus superior, membranaceous; spores ellipsoid, 7-8 x 4-5 um. 
Pileus 4-5 cm broad; stem 2.5-4 cm long, 4-6 mm thick. 
Cespitose. Chips and sawdust. Minnesota. September. 
Doctor Munger. Communicated by Mrs M. S. Whetstone. 
Pileus carnosus, convexus, profunde umbilicatus, nitidus, 
squamulis sparsis appressis, brunneis ornatus, umbrinus, demum 
olivaceo-viride tinctus, interdum margine fragmentis veli trian- 
gularibus ornatus, carne lutescente; lamellae confertae, adnexae 
vel subliberae, sinuatae, 2-4 mm latae, demum fuliginosae, acie 
albidae ; stipes subaequalis, farctus vel cavus, fibrilloso-squamu- 
losus, supra albidus, infra jerrugineo-brunneus, annulo superiore, 
membranaceo ; sporae ellipsoideae, 7-8 x 4-5 up. 
Pileus 4-5 cm latus; stem 2.5-4 cm longus, 4-6 mm crassus. 
Volvaria perplexa 
Pileus thin, convex or nearly plane, umbonate, slightly de- 
pressed around the umbo, dry, adorned with minute erect hairy 
ge 
oe = 
.) 
Ne 
i 
{ 
