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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  the 
  allied 
  genera, 
  Pholiota, 
  Hebeloma 
  and 
  Naucoria. 
  From 
  Pholiota 
  

   it 
  is 
  especially 
  separated 
  by 
  the 
  slight 
  development 
  ol 
  the 
  veil 
  which 
  

   is 
  merely 
  fibrillose 
  or 
  entirely 
  wanting. 
  It 
  never 
  forms 
  a 
  persistent 
  

   membranous 
  collar 
  on 
  the 
  stem. 
  From 
  Hebeloma 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  distin- 
  

   guished 
  by 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  a 
  sinus 
  at 
  or 
  near 
  the 
  inner 
  extremity 
  of 
  

   the 
  lamellae, 
  by 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  white 
  particles 
  or 
  mealiness 
  from 
  the 
  

   upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  brighter 
  or 
  more 
  distinctly 
  fer- 
  

   ruginous 
  or 
  ochraceous 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  spores. 
  From 
  Naucoria 
  the 
  

   fleshy 
  or 
  fibrously 
  fleshy 
  stem 
  affords 
  the 
  most 
  available 
  distinguish- 
  

   ing 
  character. 
  The 
  genus 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  Ochrosporse 
  or 
  ochraceous 
  

   spored 
  Series, 
  but 
  the 
  spores 
  of 
  its 
  species 
  vary 
  in 
  color 
  from 
  ochra- 
  

   ceous 
  or 
  tawny-ochraceous 
  to 
  ferruginous 
  or 
  fuscous-ferruginous.. 
  

   The 
  three 
  things 
  to 
  be 
  especially 
  kept 
  in 
  mind 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  recognize 
  

   the 
  species 
  are 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  spores, 
  the 
  adnate 
  or 
  decurrent 
  but 
  

   not 
  clearly 
  sinuate 
  lamellae 
  and 
  the 
  fleshy 
  or 
  fibrously 
  fleshy 
  stem 
  

   without 
  a 
  membranous 
  annulus. 
  

  

  Our 
  species 
  are 
  mostly 
  of 
  medium 
  size, 
  none 
  being 
  very 
  small 
  and 
  

   one 
  only 
  meriting 
  the 
  appellation 
  large. 
  They 
  appear 
  chiefly 
  in 
  late 
  

   summer 
  or 
  in 
  autumn 
  and 
  grow 
  in 
  woods 
  or 
  in 
  wooded 
  regions 
  either 
  

   on 
  the 
  ground 
  or 
  more 
  often 
  on 
  decaying 
  wood. 
  Many 
  are 
  grega-^ 
  

   rious 
  or 
  caespitose 
  in 
  their 
  mode 
  of 
  growth. 
  Some 
  have 
  a 
  bitterish 
  

   or 
  unpleasant 
  flavor 
  and 
  none 
  of 
  our 
  species 
  has 
  yet 
  been 
  classed 
  as 
  

   edible. 
  Fries 
  arranged 
  the 
  species 
  in 
  five 
  groups, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  

   names 
  and 
  more 
  prominent 
  characters 
  are 
  here 
  given 
  : 
  

  

  Gymnotce. 
  Pileus 
  dry, 
  often 
  squamulose; 
  veil 
  none; 
  spores 
  fer- 
  

   ruginous. 
  

  

  Lubricce. 
  Pileus 
  viscose, 
  glabrous, 
  the 
  pellicle 
  subseparable; 
  veil 
  

   fibrillose; 
  spores 
  ferruginous 
  or 
  fuscous-ferruginous. 
  

  

  Udce. 
  Pileus 
  moist 
  or 
  slightly 
  viscid 
  in 
  rainy 
  weather, 
  glabrous, 
  

   the 
  cuticle 
  not 
  separable 
  ; 
  veil 
  evident, 
  appendiculate. 
  

  

  Sapinece. 
  Pileus 
  not 
  viscose; 
  lamellae 
  at 
  first 
  yellow 
  or 
  yellowish;, 
  

   veil 
  almost 
  none 
  or 
  fibrillose, 
  not 
  appendiculate; 
  spores 
  tawny 
  or 
  

   ochraceous. 
  

  

  Sericellce. 
  Pileus 
  dry 
  or 
  at 
  first 
  viscid, 
  slightly 
  silky. 
  

  

  At 
  present, 
  no 
  representatives 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  the 
  last 
  tribes 
  are 
  

   known 
  to 
  belong 
  to 
  our 
  State. 
  The 
  three 
  remaining 
  tribes 
  are 
  repre- 
  

  

  