Crepidotus mollis. Schaeff.
Soft Crepidotus.
The pileus is between subgelatinous and fleshy; one to two inches broad; sometimes solitary, sometimes imbricated; flaccid, even, smooth, reniform, subsessile, pallid, then grayish.
The gills are decurrent from base, crowded, linear, whitish then watery cinnamon. The spores are elliptical, ferruginous, 8–9×5–6µ.
This species is widely distributed and quite common on decayed logs and stumps, from July to October.
Naucoria. Fr.
Naucoria, a nut shell. The pileus is some shade of yellow, convex, inflexed, smooth, flocculent or scaly. The gills are attached to the stem, sometimes nearly free, never decurrent. The stem is cartilaginous, confluent with the cap but of a different texture, hollow or stuffed. The veil is absent or sometimes small traces may be seen attached to the rim of the pileus, in young plants in the form of flakes. The spores are of various shades of brown, dull or bright. They grow on the ground on lawns and rich pastures. Some on wood.
Naucoria hamadryas. Fr.
The Nymph Naucoria. Edible.
Hamadryas, one of the nymphs whose life depended upon the tree to which she was attached.