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county, g^rovving in profusion not only in low and damp situa- 

 tions, but on dry and elevated localities. The color is that of 

 honey yellow, hence the name. 



Pileus, fleshy, flesh white. 



Gills, slightly decurrent and often tinged with yellow. 

 When old they are tinged with brownish spots. 



Stem, stuffed, then hollow, externally rigid, light yellow, 

 woolly at the base, sometimes swollen at the base. Ring on 

 stem characteristic near the top. In a raw state the honey 

 toadstool is acrid and nauseous, but when boiled with salt it is 

 said to be palatable. Growls around stumps late in fall. 



This is one of the most common of the Agaricini, generally appearing 

 in the fall and early winter. Almost every rotten stump has specimens 

 surrounding it. It is supposed that the myceleum has the property of 

 giving phosphorescent light on a dark night, frightening many a poor, 

 superstitious victim. 



A. nardosmia. Ellis. 



The spikenard smelling toadstool grows on the ground in 

 dense woods. 



Pileus, thick and compact on the disk, brown spotted, flesh 

 white. 



Gills, crowded, white emarginate. 



Stem, solid, sheathed by the veil, forming an annulus. 



Kuhn's woods. October. 



Genus IV. TRICHOIyOMA. 



This is the first fleshy stem lycucospori fungi without a 

 characteristic veil ; if present it is only in the form of an evan- 

 escent veil on the margin of the pileus. 



Gills are continuous with the stipe and emarginate ; that is, 



