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1 8. Stropharia subbadia sp. nov. 



Pileus rather fleshy, convex to nearly plane, solitary or gregari- 

 ous, 1-2 cm. broad ; surface smooth, dry, rich-reddish-brown, 

 lighter on the margin, which is not striate, covered with an eva- 

 nescent yellowish tomentum when young; lamellae sinuate, sub- 

 ventricose, not crowded, rather broad for the size of the plant, 

 whitish to dark-cinereous, at length purplish-brown, entire and 

 whitish on the edges ; spores ellipsoid, smooth, pale-purplish-brown 

 under the microscope, about 7.5-8.5 x 5.5^; stipe short, of medium 

 thickness, equal, fibrillose-scaly, especially below, tawny-white, 2-3 

 cm. long, 2-3 mm. thick ; veil slight, white, mostly becoming dis- 

 tributed along the stipe instead of forming a definite annulus. 



Type locality : Auburn, Alabama. 



Habitat : On the ground in dry pastures. 



Distribution : Vicinity of Auburn, Alabama. 



This may belong to Drosophila; a study of fresh plants is 

 needed. Dried specimens suggest dried specimens of 5. coronilla, 

 but are differently colored and lack the ample, persistent annulus. 

 The types were collected by F. S. Earle on October 16, 1900. 

 Also collected by him on October 14, 1900, near the type locality 

 in a close-cropped pasture of Bermuda grass. 



19. Stropharia rugoso-annulata Farlow ms. 



Pileus fleshy, hemispheric to convex, 5-15 cm. broad; surface 

 glabrous or at times slightly and innately fibrillose on the margin, 

 chestnut-colored, becoming paler on drying ; context firm, thin, 

 whitish, with mild taste; lamellae thin, crowded, wider than the 

 thickness of the pileus, adnate, whitish when young, becoming 

 dark-brown or almost black with age ; spores ellipsoid, dark-brown, 

 10-12 x 6-8^; stipe equal or slightly tapering upward, spongy 

 within, sometimes becoming hollow with age, whitish, silky-fibril- 

 lose, with mycelium at the base at times, 5-8 cm. long, 10-12 mm. 

 thick ; annulus whitish, appearing double, the lower membrane radi- 

 ately splitting on the margin. 



Type locality : Newton, Massachusetts. 

 Habitat : Rich, cultivated grounds. 

 Distribution : Massachusetts. 



Two collections are at Albany, one from George E. Morris and 

 the other from G. B. Fessenden. I have specimens collected by 

 Morris in a corn field at Waban, Massachusetts, September 13, 



