=Spores= ellipsoid, 14–21×8–12µ _K._; 14–8µ _W.G.S._; 14×7µ _W.P._; 12–13×7µ _Massee_; elliptical, dark rust-color, almost rubiginous, 13–16.5×8–10µ _Peck_. Var. _pilosella_ (Agaricus pilosellus Pers.), has both pileus and stem clothed with a minute erect pubescence when moist. A form is sometimes found in which the center of the pileus is brown or blackish-brown. _Peck_, 46th Rep. N.Y. State Bot. Var. _obscu´rior_ Pk. A notable form of this species was found growing in an old stable of an abandoned lumber camp. The plants were large, the pileus in some being more than an inch broad, the stems were 3–6 in. long and the color was rust-colored as in G. ovalis, to which the plants might be referred but for the large spores. Essex county. July. I have labeled the specimens variety _obscurior_. _Peck_, 50th Rep. Haddonfield, N.J.; Chester county; West Philadelphia, Pa.; West Virginia. In rich pastures, on lawns, dung in woods. Common. June to October. _McIlvaine._ Very variable in size and in color when wet and dry. The color of gills and spores readily distinguishes it in its habitats. From spring to frost it can usually be gathered in quantity. It is small, tender, shrivels in cooking, but makes a savory, excellent dish. Var. obscurior found cespitose on very old manure at a ruined stable, Mt. Gretna, Pa., August. _McIlvaine._ =G. fla´va= Pk.—_flavus_, yellow. =Pileus= membranous, ovate or bell shaped, moist or subhygrophanous, obtuse, plicate striate on the margin, yellow. =Lamellæ= thin, narrow, crowded, adnate, at first whitish, then yellowish-cinnamon. =Stem= equal or slightly tapering upward, hollow, slightly striate at the top, sprinkled with white mealy particles, white or yellowish. =Spores= ovate or subelliptical, brownish-rust-color, 13×8µ. =Pileus= 6–12 lines broad. =Stem= 2–3 in. long, 1–1.5 lines thick. Damp vegetable mold in woods. Tompkins county. July. This species is well marked by the pale-yellow color of the pileus and its plicate striations which are very distinct even in the dried specimens. They extend half way to the disk or more. When dry the pileus is seen to be sprinkled with shining atoms as in some other species of the same genus. Occasionally the yellow cuticle cracks into squamules or small scales. _Peck_, 46th Rep. Trenton, N.J., _Sterling_; Haddonfield, N.J.; Pennsylvania. Among chips in woods and on woods ground. _McIlvaine._ This species is frequent, and when plentiful well worth gathering. It has a more woody flavor than other Galera, but is tasty.