3. CRATERELLA PALLIDA Pale Craterella.

Difference.

C. cespitose growing in tufts, suberose cork-like, pale, with a fibrous-scaly pileus cap. DISP. METHOD. FUNG. p. 32.

Location.

It inhabits wooded areas here and there in somewhat moist places.

Description.

The stipe is very short, villous covered in soft hairs where it enters the earth, and whitish in color.

The hymenium the spore-bearing surface is pale, longitudinally somewhat striated, and hispid covered with stiff hairs with tiny bristles when viewed through a lens.

The pileus is funnel-shaped, typical for this genus, hirsute covered with long, stiff hairs with strigose stiff, bristle-like fibers, and reddish in color.

The substance is dry, cork-like, and slightly astringent in taste.

Illustration.

Table 1, Figure 3, represents several individuals forming a tuft; 'a' is a part of the pileus painted separately and 'b' is a part of the hymenium magnified by a lens so that the bristles, which are also encountered in some Thelephorae a genus of fungi, may be observed.

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4. AGARICUS ELONGATUS Elongated Agaric.

Difference.

A. with a hemispherical, striated, yellowish pileus; horizontal, somewhat colored lamellae; and a very long stipe that is fibrillose covered in tiny fibers and darker at the base.