116 MUSHROOMS. 



Broum. 



ate. Stem 2 to 4 inches long, 1 to 2 lines 

 thick, very hollow (fistulose), rigid, fragile, 

 slightly tapering upward, rarely compressed, 

 very smooth, except the base, even, color brown 

 or reddish-brown. Gills are at first adnexed, 

 soon free, crowded, linear, narrow, plane, flesh 

 color and then whitish. It grows in tufts 

 (csespitose). The stems are sometimes white, 

 tomentose at the base. Stevenson says the 

 cap is flesh color, but our specimen was of a 

 pale or tan brown color, less than 2 inches 

 broad ; when moist it was much paler. Found 

 in mixed woods in September. 



PSATHYEELLA DISSEMINATA = scattered. 

 The Widely-spread Psathyrella. 



Oap a light-colored yellowish-brown, chang- 

 ing into an ash color ; the disc with a yellowish 

 shade ; of an oval shape, then bell-shaped, and 

 marked with lines, almost sulcate. The margin 

 does not extend beyond the gills. It is a small 

 mushroom, measuring from 2 or 3 lines across 

 the cap to 1 inch. Stem about 1 inch long or 

 more, fragile, hollow, sometimes curved and 

 bending, smooth and light-colored. Gills ad- 

 nate, rather broad, slightly narrowed at both 



