y fibrillose; brownish-clay, often darker or rufescent
in the center, the margin in the young plant slightly whitened by the
thin webby veil; the margin of the cap more or less irregular, flesh
white, the taste mild, odor weak.

The gills are close, rounded behind, adnexed, whitish, becoming pale
ochraceous.

The stem is short, firm, equal, solid, fibrillose, slightly mealy at the
top, whitish or pallid.

The spores are pale ochraceous, subelliptical. I found the plants in
Figure 222 on Cemetery Hill late in November. It is a very low plant,
growing under the pine trees and keeping close to the walks. The
whitened margin of the young plant is a very good ear-mark by which to
know this species.

_Pluteolus. Fr._

Pluteolus means a small shed. It is the diminutive of _pluteus_, a shed
or penthouse, from its conical cap.

The pileus is rather fleshy, viscid, conical or campanulate, then
expanded; margin at first straight, adpressed to the stem. Stem somewhat
cartilaginous, distinct from the hymenophore. Gills free, rounded
behind.

_Pluteolus reticulatus. Pers._

Reticulatus means made like a net; from _rete_, a net, so called from
the net-like appearance of veins on the cap.

The pileus is slightly fleshy, campanulate, then expanded,
rugoso-reticulate, viscid, margin striate, pale violaceous.

The gills are free, ventricose, crowded, saffron-yellow, to ferruginous.

The stem is one to two inches long, hollow, fragile, fibrillose,
inclined to be mealy at the top, white.

I have found only a few plants of this species in our state. It seems to
be rare. The anastomosing veins on the cap and its pale violaceous color
will mark the species. I have always found it on decayed wood. Captain
McIlvaine speaks of finding it in quantities on the stems of fallen
weeds and says it was tender and of fine flavor. September.

_Galera. Fr._

Galera means a small cap. The pileus is more or less bell-shaped, margin
straight, at first depressed to the stem, hygrophanous, almost even,
atomate when dry, more or less membranaceous.

The gills are attached to the stem or with a decurrent tooth, as in
Mycena.

The stem is cartilaginous, hollow, confluent with, but different in
texture from the cap. The veil is often wanting, but when present is
fibrous and fugacious. The spores are ochraceous ferruginous.

_Galera hypnorum. Batsch._

THE MOSS-LOVING GALERA.

Hypnorum means of mosses; from _hypna_, moss.

The pil