Haddonfield, N.J. Frequent. Solitary. On ground along pavements, under trees, in woods. Spring to autumn. _McIlvaine._ Massee gives it as hygrophanous. I have not found it so. It is moist after rain and dew. The caps and upper part of the stem are tender, easily cooked and of good flavor. =N. cero´des= Fr. _Gr_—wax. =Pileus= ½-1 in. broad, watery cinnamon when moist, tan-color _when dry_, somewhat membranaceous, _convex bell-shape_ and flattened, at length depressed, _obtuse_, when moist smooth, pellucid-striate at the circumference, _when dry_ even, _slightly silky-atomate_. =Stem= 2–3 in. long, 1–2 lines thick, slightly firm, tubed, equal, somewhat flexuous, fibrilloso-striate under a lens, _becoming dingy bay-brown_ sometimes for the most part, sometimes only at the base, pallid upward, mealy at the apex. =Gills= adnate, separating, _very broad behind_, hence almost triangular, _somewhat distant_, broad, plane, soft, distinct, pallid then cinnamon very finely fimbriated at the edge under a lens. _Fries._ The typical form, growing among damp mosses, is quite early, gregarious, with the colors almost those of Galera hypnorum, but otherwise very different. _b._ Another form occurs on naked, commonly burnt soil, in late autumn, with almost the habit of N. pediades, but with a different color of gills and spores; this form is firmer. =Stem= 1 in. long, tense and straight, and color more ochraceous. _Stevenson._ =Spores= 9µ _B. and Br._; smooth, 6×3µ _Massee_. West Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, in grass and moss, along damp wood margins. August to October. _McIlvaine._ N. cerodes is not plentiful where I have found it. Enough has been collected at a time to prove it esculent. It is tender, but has not much flavor. (Plate LXXVIII_a_.) [Illustration: NAUCORIA STRIAPES.] =N. stri´apes= Cke.—_stria_, a line; _pes_, a foot. =Pileus= 1–1½ in. broad, ochraceous, bell-shaped, obtuse, then expanded, smooth, even. =Stem= 2–3 in. long, 2 lines thick, hollow, equal, erect or flexuous, white, _longitudinally striate_. =Gills= slightly adnate behind, rather distant, tawny rust-color. _Cespitose_ or gregarious. Among grass on lawn. _Stevenson._ =Spores= narrowly elliptical, 10–12×4µ _Massee_. New Jersey, Trenton. Growing among leaves near dump. May to November. _E.B. Sterling._ The few specimens tested were delicate and of slight flavor. II.—PHÆ´OTI. =N. pedi´ades= Fr.—_Gr_, a plain. =Pileus= 1–2 in. broad, _yellow_ or pale yellowish-ochraceous then becoming pale, slightly fleshy, convex then plane, obtuse, even, dry, smooth, at length crookedly cracked, but always without striæ. =Flesh= white. =Stem= 2–3 in. long, 1–2 lines thick, _stuffed with a pith, somewhat flexuous_, tough, equal, but with a small bulb at the base, _slightly silky becoming even, yellowish_. =Gills= adnexed, 2 lines broad, at first crowded, at length somewhat distant, _somewhat dingy-brown, then dingy cinnamon_.