36 AGARICINI. 



This is a small species with a short stem and granular red- 

 dish-yellow pileus, and gills slightly attached to the stem. 

 The aunulus is very small and fugacious, being little more than 

 the abrupt termination to the coating of the stem. The species 

 was formerly made to include several varieties which are now 

 regarded as distinct. — Peck' s Reports. 



I/, atnianthina. Scop. 



Pileus, ochraceous, somewhat fleshy, convex then plane, 

 somewhat umbonate, furfuraceo-granulose ; flesh yellow. 



Stem, equal, slender, squamulose. Ring fugacious. 



Gills, adnate, crowded, white then light-yellowish. 



Smaller and thinner than A. granulosus, etc., from which it 

 is distinguished by the adnate gills and yellow flesh, especially 

 of the stem. 



In woods. Uncommon. August. — Stevenson'' s British 

 Fungi. 



Lepiota Amianthinus, or flavofloccosus, of Batsch, on account of the 

 beautiful yellow scales on the pileus and later granulose. I prefer the 

 latter name, for the ring and veil are floccose granulose. 



Abundant on mossy patches in open woods. Odor strong and acrid. 



Genus III. ARMIlvI,ARIA. 



The name of this family is derived from the latin Armilla, a 

 ring, for the partial veil is in the form of a ring on the stem. 

 The stem is fleshy and belongs to the fleshy stem group, with 

 the gills and the gill-bearing part continuous with the stem. 

 Only two species have been discovered growing in Lehigh 

 County. 



A. mellea. Flora Danica. 

 This species, called the honey toadstool, is abundant in our 



