=Pileus= up to 3 in. across. =Gills= ¼ in. broad, free, moist, imbricated. =Stem= up to 5 in. long, easily detachable from cap, solid, juicy, solitary and cespitose. On very old sawdust, upon which grass was growing. Tender, excellent. ** _Pileus frosted, etc._ =P. granula´ris= Pk.—sprinkled with grains. =Pileus= convex or nearly plane, subumbonate, _rugose-wrinkled, granulose or granulose-villose_, varying in color from yellow to brown. =Lamellæ= rather broad, crowded, ventricose, whitish, then flesh colored. =Stem= equal, solid, colored like the pileus, often paler at the top, _velvety-pubescent_, rarely scaly. =Spores= subglobose or broadly elliptical, 6.5–8×5–6.5µ. =Plant= 1.5–3 in. high. =Pileus= 1–2 in. broad. =Stem= 1–2 lines thick. Decaying wood and prostrate trunks in woods. Hilly and mountainous districts. June to September. The species is closely related to P. cervinus and P. umbrosus, but is readily distinguished from them by the peculiar vesture of the pileus and stem. The granules are so minute and so close that they form a sort of plush on the pileus, more dense on the disk and radiating wrinkles than elsewhere. The clothing of the stem is finer, and has a velvety-pubescent appearance, but in some instances it breaks up into small scales or squamules. The color of the pileus and stem is usually some shade of yellow or brown, but occasionally a grayish hue predominates. The darker color of the granules imparts a dingy or smoky tinge to the general color. The disk is often darker than the rest of the pileus. _Peck_, 38th Rep. N.Y. State Bot. West Virginia mountains. Eagle’s Mere and Springton Hills, Pa. Frequent. July to October, on decaying wood. _McIlvaine._ P. granularis is a much smaller species than P. cervinus and its allies. At Eagle’s Mere, Pa., August, 1898, it was quite plentiful in mixed woods. Its caps are excellent. *** _Pileus naked._ =P. admira´bilis= Pk.—admirable. =Pileus= thin, convex or expanded, generally broadly umbonate, glabrous, _rugose-reticulated_, moist or hygrophanous, striatulate on the margin when moist, often obscurely striate when dry, yellow or brown. =Lamellæ= close, broad, rounded behind, ventricose, whitish or yellowish, then flesh-colored. =Stem= slender, glabrous, _hollow_, equal or slightly thickened at the base, yellow or yellowish white, with a white mycelium. =Spores= subglobose or broadly elliptical, 6.5–8×6.5µ. Var. _fus´cus_. =Pileus= brown or yellowish-brown. =Plant= 1–2 in. high. =Pileus= 6–10 lines broad. =Stem= .5–1 line thick. Decaying wood and prostrate trunks in forests. Common in hilly and mountainous districts. July to September.