aceous, at first top-shaped, expanded, slightly
umbilicate, striate, margin inclined to be inflexed, yellow or tawny,
with a dusky center, minutely pilose.

The gills are deeply decurrent, paler, distinct.

The stem is slender, nearly orange color with a violet-brown apex, the
whole minutely pilose. The spores are elliptical, 4-5x2u.

They are found on mossy banks where it is more or less damp. I have only
found it in October.

_Omphalia alboflava. Moy._

THE GOLDEN-GILLED OMPHALIA.

[Illustration: Figure 100.--Omphalia alboflava. Cap yellowish-brown,
sometimes a greenish tinge. Gills golden yellow.]

Alboflava is from two Greek words meaning whitish-yellow, from the
yellow gills.

The pileus is one to two inches broad, thin, somewhat membranaceous,
umbilicate, flaccid, covered with fine woolly material, yellow-brown,
lighter when dry, margin reflexed.

The gills are distant, deep golden-yellow, occasionally forked.

The stem is hollow, equal, smooth, shining, egg-yellow.

The spores are elliptical, 8x4u.

This plant, is found quite frequently on decayed branches and logs about
Chillicothe. I have never had the opportunity to test its edibility but
I have no doubt of its being good.

The plants in Figure 100 were found in Haynes' Hollow and were
photographed by Dr. Kellerman. Found from July to October.

_Marasmius. Fr._

_Marasmius is a Greek participle meaning withered or shriveled_; it is
so called because the plant will wither and dry up, but revive with the
coming of rain.

The spores are white and subelliptical. The pileus is tough and fleshy
or membranaceous.

The stem is cartilaginous and continuous with the pileus, but of a
different texture. The gills are thick, rather tough and distant,
sometimes unequal, variously attached or free, rarely decurrent, with a
sharp entire edge. It is quite a large genus and many of its species
will be of great interest to the student.

_Marasmius oreades. Fr._

THE FAIRY-RING MUSHROOM. EDIBLE.

[Illustration: Figure 101.--Marasmius oreades. Two-thirds natural size.]

_Oreades, mountain nymphs._ Pileus is fleshy, tough and pliable when
moist, brittle when dry, convex, becoming flat, somewhat umbonate,
brownish-buff at first, becoming cream-color; when old it is usually
quite wrinkled.

The gills are broad and wide apart, creamy or yellowish, rounded at the
stem end, unequal in length.

The stem is solid, equal, tough, fibrous, naked and smoot