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orange to pale-yellow, sometimes with darker center, even and 

 paler when dry ; lamellae distant, arcuate, strongly decurrent, 

 white or yellowish ; spores ellipsoid, smooth, 4-6 X 2-3 p ; cys- 

 tidia 35 _ 4 0 X7 _ S/ x ; stipe long, slender, subconcolorous, gla- 

 brous, 2.5-5 cm - l° n g, 0 -5~ 2 mm. thick. 



This little yellow agaric occurs commonly among moss in damp 

 places and may be found from Canada to the West Indies and 

 west to Colorado and Honduras, as well as in Europe. The spe- 

 cific name refers to the very slender stipe, surmounted by the 

 dainty cap, which suggests the head of some sort of pin. 



Clitocybe farinacea Murrill 



Farinaceous Clitocybe 



Plate 8. Figure 7. X 1 



Pileus convex, umbilicate, rather thin, gregarious, 2-3.5 cm. 

 broad ; surface smooth, glabrous, hygrophanous, very pale avel- 

 laneous ; margin entire or undulate, concolorous, becoming in- 

 flexed and often crenate on drying ; context thin, whitish, strongly 

 farinaceous both in odor and taste ; lamellae short-decurrent, de- 

 terminate, arcuate, of medium distance when fresh but rather 

 distant when dry ; spores ovoid, smooth, hyaline, 6-8 X 3— 5 /* > 

 stipe equal, fleshy but more or less flexible, with a rather tough 

 rind, pallid, smooth, pulverulent at the apex, nearly solid, 3-4 cm. 

 long, 2-4 mm. thick. 



Known only from the vicinity of New York City, where it 

 occurs on rich soil in deciduous woods. The type specimens were 

 found in the New York Botanical Garden in August, 191 5. The 

 taste of the fresh plants is extremely farinaceous. 



Marasmius dichrous Berk. & Curt. 

 Two-colored Marasmius 



Plate 8. Figures 8 and 11. X 1 



Pileus subfleshy, convex, at length plane or depressed, 2-4 cm. 

 broad ; surface not polished, dry, nearly smooth to rugose-striate, 

 reddish or purplish-pallid to alutaceous, becoming brown in dried 

 plants ; lamellae adnate, often becoming nearly free, close, nar- 

 row in front, often crisped, pale-reddish; spores often guttulate, 

 8-IOX4-5-5/*; stipe short, hollow, thickened upward, reddish- 

 pallid, brown, or dark-reddish-brown, pruinose or slightly pubes- 

 cent at the subtuberculose base, 1-3 cm. long, 2 mm. thick. 



