a re¬ 
white, smooth, hollow. Veil white, large, forming 
flexed ring on the stem. 
This plant was found late in the season in rich leaf mold in the woods. 
The prominent characters of the plant are the densely scaly pileus and the 
nearly equal stem. I had some trouble in determining the plant, owing to its 
departure from Cooke’s figure, but Bresadola has confirmed it, and we note 
that he states that Cooke’s plate is probably P. perrara. Our plant agrees well 
with recent plate in Fungi Tridentini, It will be noticed that our plant does 
not accord to description in 36th Hep., and in Rhodora, pileus with a “ few ap- 
pressed scales.” Either the Eastern and Western plants vary much in the 
nature of ttie scales, or Prof. Peck, Burt and myself have applied the name to 
different plants. The p'ant is recorded by numerous observers, but it is rare 
here and we have never found it but once. 
55— PSALLIOTA SILVICOLA. 
Pileus convex-expanded, pure white , almost smooth, a 
few silky white fibrils only. Gills rose color when young, 
light brown when old, tree, rounded behind (“acute behind” 
—Stevenson). Ring large, loose, flocculent outside, flabby. 
Stem long, smooth, white, stuffed, cobwebby then hollow, 
bulbous at the very base. 
The plant is found only in w T oods. The books describe it as white or 
yellowish and Cooke’s figure is decidedly yellow. Our plant is pure white but 
developed a yellow tinge when put in alcohol. Yittadini’s original figure is 
white, also Richon and Rose’s plate, which is an exact reproduction of the 
plant as we find it! 
The plant is characterized by the smooth pileus and the peculiar bulb at 
the base. Another white, smooth species grows in Europe, cretac^a, (re¬ 
ported from this country probably based on this species) hot it is found in 
fields and has a different stipe. 
56— PSALLIOTA COMPTULA. 
Pileus explanate, yellow, darker at the disk, fibrillose, 
the free ends of the fibrils forming appressed scales. Flesh 
white, thin. Gills free, close, dark brown, becoming black. 
Stipe yellowish, stuffed then hollow, slightly thickened at the 
base. 
It grows solitary or somewhat gregarious in woodland'pastures or open 
woods. I frequently find it and note it mentally as “the little yellow 
psabiota.” It is the only small species I have met and is rarely over 5 cm. 
broad. Burt finds the plant in the East corresponding very closely to the 
European species in color, viz., white, somewhat cream colored disk, but all 
the plants we have seen were pure yellow, without, however, any reddish or 
brownish tinge. It seems to be rare in the East, being recorded by only Burt, 
Peck and Banning, but we have collected it several times. 
57—PSALLIOTA EXSERTA. 
(doubtful determination.) 
Pileus expanded, white, smooth, the flesh turning red when bruised. Ping 
remote, thin, flabby, fioceose beneath. Gills free. Stem slender, stuffed then 
hollow, equal or slightly thickened at the very base. This plant is found in 
the woods but is rare here. The determination is very doubtful, being based 
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