Porphyrosporae 



Very striking, 34 in. high. The pileus and the white stem become Agaricus. 

 spotted blood-red when touched. The stem when young is adpressedly 

 squamulose below, when full grown mealy, becoming smooth. Fries. 



Spores purple-brown, 7-8x5/u, Massee; brown, elliptical, 5-6x4^ Peck. 



A rare or overlooked plant in United States, first recorded by Professor 

 Peck, who found it but once, growing under a hemlock tree. Rep. 45. 



Nebraska, Clements; West Virginia; Eagle's Mere and Mt. Gretna, 

 Pa. In hemlock and mixed woods. Autumn. Mcllvaine. 



Cap 2-4 in. across. Stem 3-4 in. long, up to K in. thick. 



Every part of the plant turns red and has a congested appearance 

 when bruised. The flesh is white but immediately becomes red when 

 broken. 



It is a frequent but not common species, growing singly, or in small 

 clusters. 



In flavor and substance it is equal to any mushroom. 



A. mari'timus Pk. Pileus very fleshy, firm, at first subglobose, 

 then broadly convex or nearly plane, glabrous, sometimes slightly 

 squamose with appressed spot-like scales, white becoming dingy or 

 grayish-brown when old. Flesh whitish, quickly reddening when cut, 

 taste agreeable, odor distinct, suggestive of the odors of the seashore. 

 Lamellae narrow, close, free, pinkish becoming purplish-brown with age, 

 the edge white. Stem short, stout, firm, solid, equal, sometimes bulb- 

 ous, white, the annulus delicate, slight and easily obliterated. Spores 

 broadly elliptic, purplish-brown, 7 8^ long, 56^ broad. 



PileilS 2-8 in. broad. Stem 1-2 in. long, .6 in. thick. 



Sandy soil near salt water, Lynn, Mahant and Marblehead, Mass. 

 June to December. R. F. Dearborn. 



This is a very interesting and an excellent mushroom. Dr. Dearborn 

 writes that he has used it on the table for fourteen years and that it is 

 the only mushroom that he has ever eaten in which the stem is as good 

 as the cap. He considers it the most hearty and satisfying of all the 

 numerous species that he has ever eaten. Both its taste and odor is 

 suggestive of the sea. The latter is quite strong, and perceptible by 

 one riding along the road by whose side the mushrooms are growing. 

 They sometimes grow in semicircles and attain a larger size in warm 

 weather than in the colder weather of autumn. They are most abun- 

 dant in August. The flesh, when cut or broken, quickly assumes a pink 

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