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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, 8-10x5-6 n, cystidia 



60-80 X 12-20 fl. 



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 conglo- 

 batus ; sporae purpuroe-brunneae, ellipsoidae, 8-10 x 5-6 \i, cys- 

 tidia 6O-80 X 12-20 fl. 



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, 8-10x5-6 [x. 



Hackensack 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-nbrillosus, confertus vel cavus, albus ; 

 sporae subellipticae, 8-10x5-6 /*. 



Ramularia anomala 



Tufts forming indelinite 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 fx 

 long; spores oblong or cyhndric, continuous, hyaline, subacute, 

 12-20x3-4 fX. 



Living leaves of climbing false buckwheat, Polygonum 

 scandens L. Red Cloud, Neb. J. M. Bates. Communi- 

 cated by E. Bartholomew. 



