Agaricaceae 



Psiiocybe. Var. Jiygrd philus Fr. Gr. moist; loving. 



Pileus tawny, then clay-color. Stem 4-6 in. long, rather fusiform, 

 rooting. Gills emarginate with a deeply decurrent line; at length 

 umber-brown. 



Var. polycepli alus Fr. polus, many; cephale, head. 



Densely crowded. Stem thinner, flexuous. Gills nearly free, at 

 length tawny-umber. 



The plant is tender, cooks easily and is of fine flavor. 



P. semilancea'ta Fr. semi, half; lancea, a spear. Pileus % in. 

 high, not broad, various in color, becoming yellow, green, dingy-brown, 

 somewhat membranaceous, acutely conical, almost cuspidate, never ex- 

 panded, but the margin when young at first bent inward, covered with a 

 pellicle which is viscous and separable in wet weather, slightly striate 

 chiefly round the margin. Stem as much as 3 in. long, scarcely I line 

 thick, tubular and containing a pith, equal, more frequently flexuous, 

 smooth, capable of being twisted round the finger, smooth, becoming 

 pale; furnished with a veil when young. Gills ascending into the sum- 

 mit of the cone, adnexed, almost linear, crowded, becoming purple- 

 black. Fries. 



Gregarious, very tough. Pastures and roadsides, etc. Common. 

 August to November. Stevenson. 



Spores ellipsoid, 9-16x4-9^ K.; 14x9^ W.G.S. 



New York, Peck, Rep. 23 ; Novia Scotia, Somers. 



Var. ccerules cens Cooke becoming blue. Base of stem turning indigo- 

 blue. 



Not common in America, but frequently found. According to M. 

 C. Cooke a careful authority P. semilanceata has a dangerous reputa- 

 tion. It is said to have proved fatal to children when eaten raw. It is 

 not deleterious when cooked. 



