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squamules, fimbriate on the even margin, white ; lamellae close, 

 free, about 2 mm broad in the widest part, pale pink ; stem long, 

 slender, glabrous, shining, solid or stuffed, slightly pruinose at 

 the top, thickened at the base, white, brownish where bruised, 

 volva closely sheathing, elongated; spores ellipsoid, 6-8x4-5 p. 



Pileus 12-20 mm broad ; stem 5-7 cm long, 2-3 mm thick. 



Solitary. Among fallen leaves in woods. Minnesota. No- 

 vember. Mrs M. S. Whetstone. 



This species seems to be closely allied to Volvaria par- 

 v u 1 a Weinm. from which it is separated by its squamulose pi- 

 leus with fimbriate margin, its much longer stuffed or solid stem 

 and longer sheathing volva, its larger spores and by the absence 

 of cystidia. 



Pileus tenuis, convexus vel subplanus, umbonatus, circa um- 

 bonem leviter depressus, siccus, squamulis erectis hirtis minutis 

 ornatus, margine leve fimbriatus, albus ; lamellae confertae, li- 

 berae, circiter 2 mm latae, pallide incarnatae ; stipes longus, gra- 

 cilis, nitidus, glaber, solidus vel farctus, ad apicem leviter prui- 

 nosus, basi crassus, albus, ubi contusus brunnescens, volva elon- 

 gata vaginata ; sporae ellipsoideae 6-8 x 4-5 /x. 



Pileus 12-20 mm latus ; stem 5-7 cm longus, 2-3 mm crassus. 



