MYCOLOGIA 
VoL. V September, 1913 
No. 5 
ILLUSTRATIONS OF FUNGI— XV 
William A. Murrill 
The specimens used for the accompanying figures were all col- 
lected in the vicinity of New York City. None of the species 
represented are known to be dangerously poisonous, and at least 
one of them is recognized as an excellent edible mushroom. 
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Chanterel minor Peck 
Small Chanterel 
Plate 92. Figure i. X i 
Pileus thin, fleshy, convex to expanded, irregular or depressed 
at times, gregarious, 1-2.5 cm. broad ; surface glabrous, sub- 
rugose, ochraceous to orange ; margin inrolled at first, entire or 
repand ; context thin, pallid, mild, at length faintly peppery ; 
lamellae decurrent, distant, very narrow, often forking, but 
seldom anastomosing, concolorous or somewhat paler ; spores 
ovoid, somewhat one-sided, smooth, hyaline with a faint yellowish 
tinge, 8-9 X 4-5 ; stipe slender, cylindric, equal, glabrous, shin- 
ing, slightly striate at times, concolorous, usually solid, 2-5 cm. 
long, 2-4 mm. thick. 
This tiny bright-colored species is known to occur on the ground 
in deciduous woods from Massachusetts to Alabama in the east- 
ern United States and is reported from a few localities in the 
middle west. 
Lepiota procera (Scop.) Quel. 
Parasol jMushroom 
Plate 92. Figure 2. X i 
Pileus soft, fleshy, ovoid to expanded, umbonate, solitary or 
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