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toward the outer extremity, pale flesh-colored ; stem short, equal, solid, 

 glabrous, straight or curved, whitish ; spores subglobose, angular, .00025 

 in. broad, usually containing a single central nucleus. 



Plant about 1 inch high, pileus 6 to 12 lines broad, stem .5 to 1 line 

 thick. 



Decaying trunks and sticks in woods. Portville. September. 



This rare species has been found but once. It is much smaller and 

 more delicate than the preceding, and easily distinguished by its thin 

 margin projecting beyond the lamellae and by the character of the 

 spores. The pileus sometimes cracks in areas, and then it has the ap- 

 pearance of being coated with a thin, scaly paste. 



Pluteus longistriatus, Peck. 

 Striated Pluteus. 



Pileus thin, convex or expanded, dry, striate to the disk, cinereous 

 or whitish, the disk often darker than the margin and minutely squamu- 

 lose or hairy ; lamellae broad, ventricose, white, then flesh-colored ; 

 stem equal, glabrous, white ; spores globose, .0003 in. broad. 



Plant about 2 inches high, pileus 1 to 1.5 broad, stem about 1 line 

 thick. 



Decaying wood. Albany. July. 



This species is well marked by the long striations of the pileus. It 

 was discovered in one of the streets of Albany in 1876, but has not been 

 observed since that time. The spores at first sight appear globose, but 

 there is a depression on one side that gives them an orbicular or saucer 

 shape. 



Pluteus leoninus, Schmff. 

 Lion-colored Agaric. Yellow Pluteus. 



Pileus thin, campanulate, then convex or expanded, even, glabrous, 

 moist or subhygrophanous, striate on the margin, yellow or reddish- 

 yellow ; lamellae rather broad, rounded behind, yellowish or yellowish 

 on the edge, then flesh-colored ; stem equal, solid, slightly striate, white 

 or yellowish ; spores broadly elliptical, .00028 to .00032 in. long, .00025 

 broad. 



Plant about 2 inches high, pileus 1 to 2 inches broad, stem 2 to 3 

 lines thick. 



Decaying wood in forests. Adirondack mountains. August 



This is a very rare species in our State. Its glabrous pileus and yel- 

 lowish color distinguish it from all the foregoing species, its even pileus 

 and solid stem, from the next following species. 



Pluteus admirabilis, Peck. 



Admirable Pluteus. 



Pileus thin, convex or expanded, generally broadly umbonate, gla- 

 brous, rugose-reticulated, moist or hygrophanous, striatulate on the 

 margin when moist, often obscurely striate when dry, yellow or brown ; 

 lamellae close, broad, rounded behind, ventricose, whitish or yellowish, 

 then flesh-colored ; stem slender, glabrous, hollow, equal or slightlv 

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