34 AGARICINI. 



Ring^, superior, tender but persistent, adhering to the stem. 



Prof. Peck in his Twenty-ninth Report of the State Museum, 

 N. Y. , makes a new species of the L. naucinus, on account of 

 the oval spores and the smoother pileus. He calls it the 

 Lepiota naucinoides, Pk. , but it generally goes by the original 

 name. 



This is called the nut mushr<iom, named from nux. naucinus. The 

 whole plant is of a dirty white ; the ring on stem is a j^ood character ; 

 the white gills distinguishes it from cretacens and campestris. 



It is sometimes mistaken for campestris, which would be no harm, as 

 both are edible and equally good. 



Very abundant throughout the county ; same habitat as the Americana. 

 Edible. 



Specimen found in our lawn, and other localities in the Valley. 



T,. cristatella. Pk. I^ittle Crested Agaric. 



Pileus, thin, convex, subombonate, minutely mealy, espe- 

 cialh" on the margin, white, the di.sk slightl}- tinged wnth pink. 



Gills, close, rounded behind, free, white ; stem slender, 

 whitish, hollow ; spores subelliptical, .0002 inch long. 



Mossy places in woods. October. — Peck's Reports. 



The crested Lepiota. The plant is white with light-brown scales. 

 Quite common along the grassy roadside. Small in comparison to 

 percerus, etc. August. 



I/, rubrotincta. Pk. Red-tinted Toadstool. 



Pileus, fleshy, soft, campanulate, expanded, cuticle red, 

 scaly. 



Gills, free, white. 



Stem, hollow glabrous, somewhat bulbous, tapering 

 upwards. Ring persistent. 



Amongst old leaves. It is a beautiful specimen, but rare with us. The 

 specimen is only partially developed. Found it growing on grassy lawns, 

 and Heintz's open woods. 



