Leucosporse 



found in many places and in great quantity, showing any part or trace Armiiiaria. 

 of the original plant. But that a similar monstrosity occurs upon A. 

 mellea is shown by individuals and parts of individuals of a cluster being 

 aborted. Without such positive proof, no one would suspect either of 

 these odd formations to be abortive of either C. abortivus or A. mellea, 

 or any other fungus. I consider the abortive form of A. mellea far 

 superior in substance and flavor to it or any of its varieties. 



The Armiiiaria can not be ranked among the tender or high-flavored 

 toadstools, yet their abundance, meaty caps and nourishing qualities 

 place them among our most valuable food species. 



The caps when chopped into small pieces make good patties and 

 croquettes. They have an impressive flavor of their own, and offer an 

 esculent medium for seasoning and the gravies of various meats. 



A. liardos'mia Ellis nardosmius, of the odor of nardus. (A name 

 applied by the ancients to several plants, especially spica nardi spike- 

 nard.) PileilS fleshy, firm, thick and compact on the disk, thin toward 

 the margin, whitish, variegated with brown spots, with a thick, tough 

 and separable cuticle. Flesh white. Gills crowded, subventricose, 

 slightly emarginate, whitish. Stem solid, fibrous, not bulbous, sheathed 

 below by the brown velvety veil, the ring narrow, spreading, uneven on 

 the edge. Spores subglobose, 6p- in diameter. 



Pileus about 3 in. broad. Stem i.5~3 in - lon g> 4~6 lines thick. 



Ground in woods, Suffolk county. September. Peck, 43d Rep. N. Y. 



State Bot. 



Several specimens from sandy grounds in pine woods, Haddonfield, 

 N. J., were sent by me to Professor Peck and were identified by him. 

 Plentiful at Mt. Gretna, Pa., September to frost, 1898. In mixed 

 woods, on gravelly ground. Eaten in quantity by several persons. 

 Mcllvaine. 



Cuticle of caps when dry breaking up into brownish, squamulose 

 scales, margin involute. Gills subdecurrent. Veil thick, persistent. 

 Stem short, subbulbous, solid. Flesh white. Very much resembles a 

 short-stemmed Lepiota. Smell and taste strong, like almonds. Disap- 

 pears in cooking. 



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