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colored tinted with rose, margin inflexed, not striate; context 

 white, odor farinaceous ; lamellae free, rather close, arcuate, white ; 

 spores globose, smooth, corroded, apparently not maturing, white 

 but not transparent, 4-5 /a ; stipe subequal, enlarged at the base, 

 white, fleshy, solid, smooth, glabrous, viscid, often very long, 5-10 

 X 0.8-1.2 cm.; veil ample, membranous, persistent, superior, re- 

 maining for some time stretched from margin to stipe. 



Type collected on the ground in woods near Seattle, Washing- 

 ton, October 20-November i, 191 1, JV. A. Murrill 3/4. Also col- 

 lected in the region at the same time, W. A. Murrill 5^4, 55*5. 



3. Limacella McMurphyi sp. nov. 



Pileus fleshy, convex, solitary, 3.5-4 cm. broad ; surface smooth, 

 glabrous, evidently viscid when fresh, pinkish-cream-colored, not 

 striate; context white, rather thick, with farinaceous taste and 

 odor; lamellae free, crowded, inserted, ventricose, white; spores 

 globose, smooth, hyaline, 3.5-4 /x; stipe slightly tapering upward, 

 subglabrous, even, white, solid, 4-6 X 0.5-1 cm. ; annulus superior, 

 ample, persistent, white. 



Type collected among leaves under redwoods near Searsville 

 Lake, California, January 6, 1903, James McMurphy ^6. The 

 description is drawn from excellent field notes made by the col- 

 lector. The species is distinguished from the preceding by its 

 crowded, ventricose lamellae, and usually thicker stipe. 



6. Hyponevris Paulet, Icon. pi. i. f. j-5. 1812. 



Schizophyllus Fries, Obs. Myc. i : 103. 1815. 

 Schisophylliim Fries, Syst. Myc. i: 330. 1821. 



Hyponevris alneus (L.) Earle, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Card. 5: 412. 



1909 



Agaricits alneus L. Sp. PI. 1176. 1753. 



Agariciis multifidus Batsch, Flench. Fung. 173. /. 126. 1783. 

 Agaricus radiatus Sw. Prodr. 148. 1788. (Type from Jamaica.) 

 Schisophylliim commune Fries, Syst. Myc. i: 330. 1821. 

 Schizophyllum umbrinum Berk. Hook. Jour. Bot. 3 : 15. pi. i. f. i. 



185 1. (Type from Brazil.) 

 Schizophyllum fasciatum Pat. Jour, de Bot. i : 170. 1887. 



(Type from Mexico.) 



