Agaricacese 



Amanitopsis. Schweinitz as "solid," but I have always found it stuffed or hollow. 

 Peck, 33d Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



A. pusil'la Pk. small. Pileus thin, broadly convex or nearly plane, 

 subglabrous, slightly umbonate, even on the margin, pale brown. Gills 

 narrow, thin, close, free, becoming brownish. Stem short, hollow, 

 bulbous, the bulb margined by the remains of the membranous volva. 

 Spores broadly elliptical, 5-6x4^. 



Pileus about i in. broad. Stem 8-12 lines long, 1-2 lines thick. 



Grassy ground. Gouverneur, St. Lawrence county. September. Mrs. 

 Anthony. Peck, 5oth Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Edibility not tested. 



A. pubes'eens Schw. downy. Pileus yellow, covered with a thin 

 pubescence, margin involute. Stem short, about I in. in length, at 

 first white becoming yellowish, bulbous, bulb thick. Volva evanescent. 

 Gills white. 



In grassy grounds. Rare. 



North Carolina, ScJiweinitz, Curtis. 



A. agglutina'ta B. and C. viscid. Pileus 1-2 in. broad, white, 

 hemispheric then plane, viscid, areolate-scaly from the remains of the 

 volva, margin thin, sulcate. Stem .5-1.5 in. long, 2 lines thick, short, 

 solid, bulbous. Volva with a free margin. Gills broad, ventricose, 

 rotundate-free. Spores elliptic. 



In pine woods. 



North Carolina, Curtis. 



Resembling some of the dwarf forms of A. vaginata but at once dis- 

 tinguished by its solid stem and decidedly viscid, areolate-squamose 

 pileus. Am. Jour. Sci. and Arts, 1848. 



