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the surface; lamellae 4 to 7 lines broad, adnexed, easily splitting 

 transversely, grayish-salmon, becoming clay-color ; stem solid, 

 glabrous, yellowish or cream-color, blunt at the base or sometimes 

 attenuated and radicating ; spores subglobose, irregular or angular, 

 .0003 to .0004 in. long. 



Pileus 2 to 6 in. broad ; stems 3 to 4 in. long, 4 to 8 lines or 

 more in thickness. 



Under oak trees. Pasadena. February. McClatchie. 



This plant is related to E. rhodopolium, but is separated from it 

 by its darker color and solid stem. According to Prof. McClatchie^ 

 the fresh plants have a strong odor resembling that of ferric chlo- 

 ride, and chemical tests showed the presence of iron. It is pro- 

 nounced edible by him. 



Leptonia edulis. Pileus thin, convex or centrally depressed, 

 with or without an umbo, velvety, dark-gray ; lamellae rather 

 broad, subventricose, adnexed ; moderately close, at first whitish 

 or light drab, becoming flesh-color ; stem slender, hollow, colored 

 like the pileus, often with an abundant white mycelioid tomentum 

 at the base; spores subglobose, angular, apiculate at one end, 

 .0003 to .0004 in. long, containing a single large nucleus. 



Pileus 6 to 18 lines broad; stem 12 to 18 lines long, .5 to 1 

 line thick. 



Among grass and weeds. Pasadena. January. 



According to Prof. McClatchie, this plant when fresh has a 

 nutty flavor and is edible. The velvety appearance of the pileus 

 has disappeared from the dried specimens. In some, the margin 

 of the pileus is striate, but in the fresh plant the margin is said to 

 be even. 



Eccilia nigricans. Pileus thin, convex, umbilicate or cen- 

 trally depressed, subzonate, unpolished, grayish-black ; lamellae 

 broad, distant, decurrent, light-drab or brownish, becoming tinged 

 with flesh-color; stem short, hollow, grayish-black, commonly 

 with an abundant white mycelium ; spores angular, .0004 in. long, 

 nearly as broad, containing a single large nucleus. 



Pileus 6 to 18 lines broad; stem about 1 in. long, .5 to I line 

 thick. 



Grassy ground. Pasadena. January. 



Prof. McClatchie's notes say that this plant has the odor and 

 flavor of butternuts and that it is delicious when cooked. Also 

 that when fresh the pileus is tomentose and the margin even, but 

 these characters are not clearly shown in the dried specimens. 



