Annual Report of the State Botanist 1892 - MykoWeb

Report of the State Botanist. 67
stem slender, hollow, more or less fibrillose, subflexuous, colored
like the pileus ; spores elliptical or subovate, .0004 to .0005 in.
long, .00025 to .0003 broad.
Pileus 6 to 12 lines broad; stem 2.5 to 5 in. long, 1 to 1.5 lines
thick.
In marshes among Sphagnum. Fulton, Rensselaer and Seneca
counties and Adirondack mountains. June to August.
This is easily distinguished from Galera Hyjmorum, to which
it has sometimes been subjoined as a variety, by its larger size,
more expanded pileus, fibrillose stem and peculiar place of growth.
There is a notable form with a well-developed veil which may be
designated var. velata. Veil white, webby or almost membranous,
breaking up on the upper part of the stem and forming
floccose scales, often evanescent with age. In this variety the
moist pileus is sometimes chestnut color or bay red, being darker
than in the ordinary forms of the species. Very often the fibrils
of the stem are grouped in flakes or patches in such a way as to
give a wavy appearence to the stem itself.
Galera Hypnorum Batsch.
Hypnum Galera.
(Hym. Europ., p. 270. Sylloge Vol. v, p. 868)
Pileus membranaceous, conical or campanulate, obtuse or
papillate, glabrous, hygrophanous, watery-cinnamon or suboch-
raceous and striatulate when moist, paler when dry, often fading
to yellowish or buff; lamellae broad, adnate, ventricose, distant,
tawny or cinnamon color, often whitish flocculose on the edge
stem slender, hoUow, flexuous, smooth, pruinose at the top,
commonly colored like the pileus; spores elliptical, .0004 to
.0005 in. long, .00024 to .0003 broad.
Pileus 3 to 6 lines broad ; stem 1 to 2 in. long, less than a line
thick.
Among mosses in woods, either on the ground or on prostrate
decaying trunks. Common in hilly or mountainous districts.
June to September.
This is a small species but it varies considerably in size and
color. Var. nigrijpes has a blackish-brown stem.
ERioDEKMiE. Pileus submembranaceous, the veil manifest,
superficial, separating, at first silky or squamulose, especially on
the margin.
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