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Mycologia 



classed among the best species. It occurs everywhere on lawns 

 and in fields after rains throughout the season, and should be care- 

 fully distinguished from certain poisonous species of Panaeolus 

 and other genera which grow in similar localities. 



Conocybe tener (Schaeff.) Fayod 

 Galera tener (Schaeff.) Quel. 

 Slender Conocybe. Brownie Cap 



Plate 40. Figure 6. X 1 



Pileus thin, conic to campanulate, 1-2 cm. broad and high ; sur- 

 face glabrous to slightly pubescent, tan or brownish, slightly 

 darker at the center, hygrophanous, ochraceous when dry ; lamellae 

 adnexed, ascending, crowded, fulvous ; spores ellipsoid, smooth, 

 dark-ferruginous, 12-14 X 6-8 ; stipe slender, equal, subconcol- 

 orous, glabrous to slightly pubescent, hollow, fragile, 7-12 cm. 

 long, 2-3 mm. thick. 



This shapely little fungus occurs everywhere on lawns and in 

 manured pastures from spring to autumn. When once known, 

 it is not easily confused with any other species. Although edible 

 and well-flavored, it would take a long time to gather enough for 

 a meal. 



Panaeolus retirugis (Fries) Quel. 

 Wrinkled Panaeolus 



Plate 40. Figure 7. X 1 



Pileus ovoid to conic or campanulate, subumbonate, gregarious, 

 1-3 cm. broad ; surface tan, gray, or brownish, glabrous, reticulate- 

 rugose, especially near the center, viscid and dull-colored in wet 

 weather, cracking in dry weather; margin appressed in young 

 sporophores, decorated with triangular fragments of the veil at 

 maturity; lamellae adnexed, ascending, broad, gray to black; 

 spores ellipsoid, smooth, black, 13-16X9-11/^; stipe slender, 

 equal, hollow, pruinose, usually gray or reddish-brown, darker 

 below, often banded with the dark spores above, 5-15 cm. long, 

 3-5 mm. thick ; veil white, conspicuous in young stages, not form- 

 ing an annulus on the stipe, but becoming appendiculate on the 

 margin, especially in wet weather. 



This attractive species is common and widely distributed in 

 temperate regions during spring and summer on heavily manured 



