Part 1, 1914] AGARICACBAB 23 



3-4 fi ; stipe equal, white stained with reddish, becoming tawny with age, whitish-tomentose 

 above, solid or spongy, 3-4 cm. long, 8-10 mm. thick. 



Type collected on the ground in pine woods near Auburn, Alabama, December 26, 1899, F. S. 

 Earle Also collected near Auburn, Alabama, December 15, 1897, C. F. Baker 94, and in pine woods 

 near Auburn, Alabama, December 16 and 19, 1900, Mrs. F. S. Earle, 



Distribution: Alabama. 



78. Melanoleuca viscosa (Peck) Murrill. 



Tricholoma viscosum Peck, Bull. Torrey Club 31: 178. 1904. 



Pileus fleshy, convex, 2-5 cm. broad ; surface smooth, glutinous, shining when dry, yellow- 

 ish-tawny, darker or reddish-brown in the center, margin irregular or wavy, often turned upward 

 when old ; context white, odor slight but unpleasant ; lamellae narrow, close, nearly free, white ; 

 spores minute, subglobose, 3-4 ^ long; stipe firm, equal, fragile, solid, flexuous, glutinous, 

 white above, brown below, 2.5-4 cm. long, 4-5 cm. thick. 



Type locality: St. Louis, Missouri. 



Habitat: Low ground. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



79. Melanoleuca transmutans (Peck) Murrill. 



Agaricus {Tricholoma) transmutans Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 29: 38. 1878. 



Pileus convex, cespitose, 5-10 cm. broad; surface nearly glabrous, viscid when moist, 

 brownish, reddish-brown, or tawny-red, usually paler on the margin; context white, taste and 

 odor farinaceous; lamellae narrow, close, sometimes branched, whitish or pale-yellowish, 

 becoming dingy or reddish-spotted when old; spores globose to subglobose, smooth, hyaline, 

 granular, 4r-5.fi; stipe equal or slightly tapering upward, glabrous or slightly silky-fibrillose, 

 stuffed or hollow, whitish, often marked with reddish stains or becoming reddish-brown toward 

 the base, white within, 7.5-10 cm. long, 6-12 mm. thick. 



Type locality: Sandlake, New York. 



Habitat: Ground in coniferous woods. 



Distribution: Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey. 



Illustrations: Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 48: pi. 21, f. 1-5. 



80. Melanoleuca portentosa (Fries) Murrill. 



Agaricus portentosus Fries, Syst. Myc. 1: 39. 1821. 

 Tricholoma portentosum Quel. Champ. Jura Vosg. 327. 



1873. 



Pileus rather fleshy, convex to expanded, subumbonate, 6-12 cm. broad; surface gray with 

 a purple tint to fuliginous, somewhat viscid in moist weather, shining, radiate-lineate, margin 

 thin, concolorous; context white, with strong odor, taste mild; lamellae rounded behind, rather 

 broad, subdistant, white or pallid, becoming gray or yellow; spores subglobose, smooth, hyaline, 

 4—6 ix long; stipe usually short, subequal, glabrous, striate at times, white, solid, 6-12 cm. long, 



1-2 cm. thick. 



Type locality: Sweden. 



Habitat: On the ground in coniferous woods. 



Distribution: Northern United States from Massachusetts to Oregon; also in Kurope. 

 Illustrations: Barla, Champ. Nice pi. 25, f. 1-9; Fries, Ic. Hymen, pi. 24; Gill. Champ. Fr. 

 pi. 65 (692); Cooke, Brit. Fungi pi. 54 (61); Hard, Mushrooms/. 63. 

 Exsiccati: Herpell, Prap. Hutpilze 36; Sydow, Myc. Mar. 2803. 



81. Melanoleuca aurantia (Schaeff.) Murrill. 



Agaricus aurantius Schaeff. Fung. Bavar. 4: 18. 1774. 

 Armillaria aurantia Qu61. Champ. Jura Vosg. 211. 1872. 

 Agaricus (Tricholoma) Peckii Howe, Bull. Torrey Club 6: 66. 1875. 



Pileus convex or nearly plane, 5-7.5 cm. broad; surface viscid when moist, squamulose, 

 tawny-red inclining to tawny-orange; context white, odor farinaceous, taste farinaceous to 

 unpleasant; lamellae narrow, close, sometimes branched, white, discolored or spotted with age; 

 spores minute, broadly ellipsoid or subglobose, 4-5 ji long ; stipe equal or slightly thickened at 

 the base, squamulose, white at the top or sometimes with reddish droplets in wet weather, else- 

 where concolorous, 5-7.5 cm. long, 8-12 mm. thick. 



