n-like
reticulations. =Paxillus.= 165

=1=--=Universal veil= not arachnoid
(i. e., not cobwebby). 2

=Universal veil= arachnoid, distinct
from the cuticle of the pileus, gills
powdery from the spores. =Cortinarius.= 161

=2=--=Stipe= central. 3

=Stipe= eccentric or none. =Crepidotus.= 159

=3=--=Volva= or annulus present on stipe. 4

=Volva= and annulus wanting. 5

=4=--=Stipe= with an annulus. =Pholiota.= 150

=Stipe= with a volva. =Locellina= (not
reported in U. S.).

=5=--=Gills= free from the stem. =Pluteolus.=

=Gills= attached. 6

=6=--=Gills= not dissolving nor becoming
powdery. 7

=Gills= dissolving into a gelatinous
or powdery condition, not diffluent as in
Coprinus. =Bolbitius.= 163

=7=--=Stipe= fleshy. 8

=Stipe= cartilaginous or
sub-cartilaginous. 10

=8=--=Gills= somewhat sinuate. 9

=Gills= adnate or decurrent. =Flammula.= 156

=9=--=Cuticle= of the pileus silky
or bearing fibrils. =Inocybe.= 158

=Cuticle= of pileus smooth, viscid. =Hebeloma.= 157

=10=--=Gills= decurrent. =Tubaria.= 159

=Gills= not decurrent. 11

=11=--=Margin= of pileus inflexed. =Naucoria.= 153

=Margin= of pileus straight, from
the first. =Galera.= 155

No species of Pluteolus are here described.

THE ROSY-SPORED AGARICS.

(The spores are rose color, pink, flesh or salmon color.)

=Stipe= central. 1

=Stipe= eccentric or none and pileus
lateral. =Claudopus.= 149

=1=--=Pileus= easily separating from the
stipe, gills free. 2

=Pileus= confluent with the stipe and of
the same texture, gills attached, in some
becoming almost free. 3

=2=--=Volva