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then somewhat squamulose, sometimes yellowish with age, margin 

 thin, at first involute ; context yellow, taste mild, odor none ; 

 lamellae crowded, rounded, white to yellow, thickened and more 

 or less villose and serrulate on the edges ; spores globose or sub- 

 globose, 6-7.5 X 6-6.5 ft; stipe somewhat hollow, nearly equal or 

 slightly thickened or bulbous at the base, pale-yellow, variegated 

 with red or purplish, floccose squamules, 5-10 cm. long, 10-16 

 mm. thick. 



A large and conspicuously colored species found on orat)Outold 

 stumps in coniferous or mixed woods from Maine to North Caro- 

 lina and west to Colorado and Washington. It should be readily 

 recognized by the colors of its upper and lower surfaces and the 

 serrulate, villose edges of its gills. 



Gymnopus strictipes (Peck) Murrill 

 Collybia strictipes Peck 

 Straight-stemmed Gymnopus 



Plate 11. Figure 6. X i 



Pileus thin, broadly convex to nearly plane, cespitose, 2.5-6 

 cm. broad ; surface glabrous, sometimes slightly rugose on the 

 disk, moist but scarcely hygrophanous, whitish or pale-yellow, 

 paler when dry, often more deeply colored on the disk ; lamellae 

 thin, close, adnexed or almost free, white ; spores ovoid or sub- 

 ellipsoid, pointed or subacuminate at one end, 6-7.5 X4j&> stipe 

 glabrous, slightly mealy or pruinose at the apex, white, often with 

 a dense, white, mycelioid tomentum at the base, equal, straight, 

 hollow, 3-6 cm. long, 4-6 mm. thick. 



This species occurs in clusters among dead leaves or on decayed 

 wood in woods from New England to the District of Columbia 

 and west to Ohio. The stipe is quite characteristic, being very 

 erect and regular in shape and somewhat translucent in 

 appearance. 



New York Botanical Garden. 



