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gin in immature plants appendiculate with the remains of the 

 white, thick veil which in very young plants conceals the lamel- 

 lae, but which in mature ones wholly disappears ; flesh white ; 

 lamellae close, adnexed, grayish at first, changing to dark-brown 

 where wounded, becoming blackish-brown with age ; stem slender, 

 equal, stufifed or hollow, squamose near the base, paler than the 

 pileus; spores ellipsoid, 12.5-15 X 7-5 i"-. 



Pileus 5-13 cm. broad ; stem 12-22 cm. long. 



Described from specimens collected by Lane in fir woods near 

 Portland, Oregon, in November. The species belongs naturally 

 in Stropharia, but the large veil is entirely appendiculate and 

 leaves no annulus. It is one of the most striking and abundant 

 gill-fungi on the Coast. 



Seattle, Washington, Murrill 245, 5^4, 64^', Zeller pi; Mill 

 City, Oregon, Murrill 868; Corvallis, Oregon, Murrill p2p; 

 Salem, Oregon, M. E. Peck; Muir Woods, California, Murrill 

 1131; La Honda, California, Murrill & Abrams 12/2; Sears- 

 ville Lake, California, McMurphy p2, iiy. 



4. Hypholoma (Fries) Quel. Champ. Jura Vosg. 112. 1872 



Most of the collections cited under the two species listed below 

 are without notes, and microscopic characters are of little assist- 

 ance here. Persons using these specimens for comparison are 

 therefore advised to do so with caution, depending rather upon 

 fresh material and good descriptions. 



I. Hypholoma capnoides (Fries) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 5: 1028. 



1887 



This species is rare on the Coast. It differs from H. fascicu- 

 lare in having smoky-blue to purplish-brown gills and a mild 

 taste. It is not credited with having cystidia, nor occurring on 

 deciduous wood. 



Seattle, Washington, Murrill 4^3, 521, 687; Salem, Oregon, 

 M. E. Peck; Muir Woods, California, Murrill 1128. 



