46 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



siderably in general characters; some writers recognize sev- 

 eral distinct varieties. 



Pluteus admirabilis Pk. (admirable). 



Mansfield, July (116). Edible (McL). 

 Pluteus cervinus Schasff. (ccrvus, a deer). 



Mansfield, July (20, 225). Edible (McL). Plate 

 XXIII. 

 Pluteus cervinus Schaeff. var. albipes (white-stemmed). 



South Windsor, Haunter. 

 Pluteus umbrosus Pers. (shady; from the dark color). 



South Windsor, Hanmer. 



LEPTONIA Fr. 



\e7itoc, slender. 



The Leptonias are generally found growing on the ground 

 in dry pastures, but may be found in mossy swamps, and are 

 distinguished by their slender habit of growth, thin pileus de- 

 pressed in the center, margin inrolled when the plant is young, 

 and the brittle character of the stem. 



They belong to the rosy-spored group, and many species 

 are brilliantly colored. 



Leptonia formosa Fr. (handsome). 

 Mansfield, July (145). 



ENTOLOMA Fr. 



£vrdc, within ; Xw/xa, a fringe. 



This genus is a suspicious one as regards poisonous char- 

 acters, and the species should not be collected and eaten indis- 

 criminately. The fungi are fleshy throughout, the volva and 

 ring are absent from the stem, and in many other respects the 

 species resemble Tricholoma. The color of the spores when 

 collected in quantity serves, however, to identify the genus as be- 

 longing to the rosy-spored group. The spores when examined 

 under a microscope are distinctly angular. The gills are at- 

 tached to the stem by a sudden curve (sinuate), which fact 

 separates this genus from the other rosy-spored genera. The 

 determination of species is difficult even for the experienced 



