Ag-aricaceae 



Entoioma. etc. Worthington Smith, who first experimented with it, ate about K 

 oz., which very nearly proved fatal. Stevenson. 



Spores 9p- W.G.S. 



Rhode Island, Olney (Curtis Am. Jour.); Massachusetts, Sprague; 

 Connecticut, Wright; Minnesota, Johnson; New York, Peck, Rep. 35. 

 'This and E. fertilis, which are closely allied, are deserving of more 

 than suspicion, for they are veritably dangerous." Cooke. 



"Wholesome and very good to eat." Cordier. 



In the presence of such opposite opinions it is better to choose the 

 safer. Do not eat it. 



E. primillo'ides Fr. primus, a plum. Pileus 2 in. and more broad, 

 whitish, becoming yellow or livid, fleshy, bell-shaped then convex, at 

 length flattened, somewhat umbonate, unequal (but not repand), even, 

 viscid, smooth, at length longitudinally cracked, at length slightly stri- 

 ate at margin. Stem 3 in. long, 3-4 lines thick, fibrous-fleshy, solid, 

 equal, even or slightly striate, smooth, naked, white. Gills somewhat 

 free, emarginate, rarely rounded, at first only slightly adnexed, 3-4 lines 

 broad, crowded, ventricose, white then flesh-color. Fries. 



Odor strong of new meal, wholly that of A. prunulus. Very scat- 

 tered in growth. Like A. lividus, but very different, thrice as small. 

 It differs entirely from A. cervinus. 



On the ground in woods. Autumn. Spores subglobose, coarsely 

 warted, io/x Massee; regularly six-angled or one angle more marked, 

 8fi B.; 9p. W. P. 



North Carolina, dry swamps, Curtis; Minnesota, Johnson. 



POISONOUS. Roze. 



I have not seen this species. Do not eat it before carefully testing. 



III. NOLANI'DEI. 



Pileus thin, hygroplianous , repand, etc. 



E. clypea'tlim Linn. resembling a shield. Pileus as much as 3 in. 

 broad, lurid when moist, when dry gray and variegated or streaked with 

 darker spots or lines, fleshy, bcll-sliaped then flattened, umbonate, 

 smooth, fragile. Flesh thin, white when dry. Stem almost 3 in. long, 

 3-4 lines and more thick, stuffed, at length hollow, wholly fibrous, equal, 

 round, fragile, longitudinally fibrillose, becoming ash-colored, pulveru- 



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