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coticolorous; lamellae sinuate-adnexed with a decurrent tooth, 
broad, close, soon becoming testaceous or latericeous ; spores 
ovoid, pointed at both ends, i-2-nucleate, pale-ochraceous, 
8.5-11 X 3-5-5 /a; stipe equal, cylindric, fibrous, stuffed, the sur- 
face glabrous and lustrous like asbestos, subconcolorous, whitish- 
tomentose at the base, marked at the apex with long gill-traces, 
3-4 cm. long, 2-3.5 mm. thick ; annulus superior, conspicuous, 
white. 
Collected on dead wood in the Tepeite Valley, Mexico, 7,000 ft. 
elevation, December 28, 1909, IV. A. & Edna L. Murrill 464. 
Several temperate species of fungi were found in that locality. 
6. PnoLiOTA MARTiNicENSis Pat. in Duss, Enum. Champ- 
Guad. 54. 1903 
Described from specimens collected by Duss on a dead trunk 
in the forest at the base of Mt. Pelee, Martinique. Pileus about 
I cm. broad, very regular, reddish-brown, covered with minute 
scales ; annulus very distinct, persistent, pallid ; spores ovoid, 
smooth, brown, 6 X 4 /-i- 
7. Pholiota Musae (Earle) 
Pholiotina Musae Earle, Inform. An. Estag. Centr. Agron. Cuba 
1 : 241. 1906. 
Pileus thin, watery, convex to expanded or depressed, cespitose, 
1-4 cm. broad; surface glabrous, bygrophanous, dark-tan, paler 
when dry, margin at length striate ; lamellae adnexed, subcrowded, 
broad, ventricose, subconcolorous to darker ; spores ellipsoid, 
smooth, pale-fuscous, 15-18 X 9-10 /u; stipe subcylindric, glabrous, 
shining, pure-white, hollow, 4-6 cm. long, 3-6 mm. thick ; veil 
white, appendiculate or forming a slight, evanescent annulus. 
Described from specimens collected on dead banana stalks at 
Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba, F. S. Earle jo, 7/, 82. 
8. Pholiota cubensis Earle, Inform. An. Estag. Centr. Agron. 
Cuba 1 : 242. 1906 
Pileus fleshy, firm, expanded, scattered or gregarious, 6-12 cm. 
broad ; surface dry, dark-tan, floccose-scaly on the disk, areolate 
but not striate on the margin ; context yellowish, mild but some- 
what unpleasant ; lamellae sinuate with adnate tooth, crowded, 
broad, dark-cinnamon ; spores ovoid, smooth, melleous under a 
