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the margin ; context whitish, moderately thin, thicker at the center, 

 odor and taste none; lamellae adnate, rounded behind, 2-3 mm. 

 broad, abruptly narrower in front, close, at first flesh-colored, then 

 dark-purplish-brown, white-fimbriate on the edges; spores ventri- 

 cose-ellipsoid, pointed at each end, smooth, tinged with purple 

 under the microscope, purplish-brown in mass, 10-12 x 5-6 ^; 

 cystidia none; sterile cells on the edge of the lamellae clustered, 

 linear-cylindric, obtuse, about 20 x 4 stipe thick, equal, white- 

 floccose above, innately-fibrillose elsewhere, pallid to brownish, 

 brown within, except the white pith, at length hollow, flexuous, 

 3-4 cm. long, 2-2.5 mm. thick. 



Type locality : New Richmond, Michigan. 

 Habitat: On debris of leaves and decayed wood in woods of 

 hemlock, beech, maple, etc. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



9. Drosophila echiniceps (Atk.) comb. nov. 

 Hypholoma echiniceps Atk. Ann. Myc. 7 : 370. 1909. 



Pileus convex, firm, fleshy, cespitose, 3-10 cm. broad; surface 

 ochraceous-brown, with dense, pointed, seal-brown scales ; context 

 white, then changing to pale-safTron-yellow, with very slight taste 

 and odor; lamellae somewhat narrowed in front, slightly rounded 

 behind, adnate, rich-purple-brown with Indian-purple tint, whitish 

 on the edges, 6-8 mm. broad ; spores subellipsoid, inequilateral, the 

 outer end sometimes slightly narrower, smooth as seen under oil 

 immersion, 7-9 x 3.5-5 /jl', cystidia cylindric, thin-walled, 10-12 fx 

 thick, projecting 30-40 //,; stipe white, covered up to the evanescent 

 annulus with fibrous, seal-brown scales, even, fleshy, fibrous, hol- 

 low, white to yellow within, 12-14 cm. long, 8-12 mm. thick; veil 

 ample when young, becoming appendiculate and forming an 

 evanescent, superior annulus. 



Type locality : Ithaca, New York. 



Habitat : On the ground or about dead stumps or roots. 



Distribution : Ontario, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Mich- 

 igan, and Wisconsin. 



Illustrations: Trans. Wise. Acad. Sci. 17: pi. 77, f. B, and 

 pi 78. 



This species is confused by Peck with D. lachrymabunda. He 

 had a number of collections from New York and elsewhere. 



