ever, in its narrower gills and in having no striae, 
good variety if it is not a good species. 
It is a 
27—PLUTEUS LONGISTRIATUS. 
Pileus expanded, thin, blackish when young, brownish 
when expanded, deeply and conspicuously striate. Gills free, 
white then flesh colored. Stem equal, solid, glabrous, white. 
Spores globose, 5 me. 
The prominent features of this species are its very thin flesh and the promi¬ 
nent striae. When young the plants are dark, (blackish) but become light brown 
when mature. Owing to the almost absence of flesh the cuticle of the pileus 
splits between the gills in expanding forming the stride, somewhat similar though 
not as marked as Coprinus plicatilis. The half grown plants are not at all striate. 
From Prof. Peck’s remarks the plant must be rare in New York. With us it is 
very common on logs and seems to have a special fondness for hickory. 
28 —PLUTEUS ADMIRABJLIS. 
Pileus when plant is in its prime bright yellow becoming 
brownish when old, hygrophanous, glabrous, striatulate on 
the margin, frequently rugulose-reticulate. Gills free, remote, 
yellow then flesh colored. Stipe equal, slender, smooth, 
hollow, bright yellow. Spores subglobose, 5-6 me. 
This plant is frequent here and the only bright yellow agaric that I recall. 
It is close to chrysophmus of Europe from which Prof. Peck distinguishes it by 
the rugulose-reticulate pileus, but as it occurs here the pileus is ordinarily very 
slightly rngulose, if at all. It appears to me however, clearly distinct from chry- 
sophaeus in its bright yellow color, only brownish or cinnamon when past its prime, 
its smaller size, and the hygrophanous nature. The entire plant — pileus, gills and 
stipe—is yellow when in its prime. The stipe is very different from all others of 
the genus which I have met, in fact it is very close to a cartilaginous stipe and 
hence you would hardly look for the plant in the genus Pluteus. Although, a 
common plant here, it was several years before I arrived at its determination. 
The photograph is poor, but yellow plants are hard to photograph without a ray 
filter with which our camera is not equipped. 
29—PLUTEUS GRANULARIS. 
Pileus convex, then expanded, somewhat umbonate, 
strongly rugulosely wrinkled, covered with a dense coat of 
plush in nodules giving it a granular appearance, brown, 
darker on the raised portions. Gills free, pinkish. Stem 
equal, solid, striate, covered at the top with a coat of plush 
similar to the pileus, lighter color above. Spores globose, 
5 me. 
This is an elegant and characteristic species but rare here, found on rotten 
wood. It is strongly marked by its rugtilose pileus and peculiar velvety coat. 
The gills were colored when young (not white) and the specimens w r ere pure 
brown, (no tinge of yellow.) otherwise agrees in every respect to original descrip¬ 
tion save as to granules. The velvety coat was collected into nodules giving the 
plant a granular appearance, well shown in our photograph, but there were no 
granules. It is possible that we have not correctly identified Prof. Peck’s species. 
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