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Mycologia 



2. Pluteus reticulatus sp. nov. 



Pileus plane to depressed, umbonate, solitary, 5 cm. broad, 

 about 1 cm. thick ; surface velvety, dark-isabelline with pale-fulig- 

 inous reticulations, which are more pronounced on the umbrinous 

 umbo ; lamellae free, ventricose, salmon-colored ; spores subglo- 

 bose, smooth, uninucleate. 4-5 X 3.5-4 p cystidia fusiform, 

 pointed, not divided at the apex, rather abundant, about 60 X 

 17 fx; stipe cylindric, subequal, glabrous, stramineous with a pale- 

 melleous tint, 4 cm. long, 5 mm. thick. 



Type collected on dead wood near Moneague, Jamaica, about 

 2000 ft., January 17-18, 1909, W. A. Murrill 1159. 



3. Pluteus nitens Pat. Bull. Soc. Myc. Fr. 14: 53. 1898 

 Type collected by Paul Maury on dead wood at Motzorongo, 

 Mexico, February 12-25, 1891. The original specimens, accom- 

 panied by a drawing, are in the herbarium of Dr. N. Patouillard, 

 in Paris. 



Motzorongo, Mexico, Maury, W . A. & Edna L. Murrill 1028, 

 I0 55> Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba, Earlc 260, 501. 



4. Pluteus Earlei sp. nov. 



Pileus rather thick, expanded, somewhat gibbous, 10 cm. broad; 

 surface dry, densely floccose, uniformly pale-yellow, margin even, 

 not striate ; lamellae free, crowded, broad, becoming dull-pinkish ; 

 spores regular, ovoid, smooth, uninucleate, dark-pink when fresh, 

 7-8 X 6 (x ; cystidia none ; stipe slightly tapering upward, solid, 

 white, glabrous, 8 cm. long, 1 cm. thick. 



Type collected on a dead log near Guana jay, Cuba, September 

 14, 1904, F. S. Earle & P. Wilson 1525. Similar to Pluteus cer- 

 vinus in size and shape, but differing in several important char- 

 acters. 



5. Pluteus rimosus sp. nov. 



Pileus conic to convex, 4-5 cm. broad, 2-3 cm. high, grega- 

 rious ; surface fuliginous when young, becoming umbrinous, 

 smooth, glabrous, at length radiate-rimose and showing white in 

 the cracks ; lamellae free, close, rather narrow, white, becoming 

 roseous from the spores ; spores regular, globose, smooth, uninu- 

 cleate, 4 fx ; cystidia none ; stipe white, glabrous, much enlarged 

 below, crooked, 4.5 cm. long, scarcely 1 cm. thick above, 2 cm. 

 thick at the base. 



