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Note. 



Lloyd thinks Bolbitius radians the same plant at Pluteolus 

 coprophilus. 



AGARICUS LINN. 



(Psalliota Fr.) 



A.^ Pileus distinctly brown or tawny. 



B.^ Whole surface of pileus tawny-brown, fibrillose-scaly. 

 S. 1000 ; St. 307; Mc. 334; M. 112; P. R. 36:48. 



A. silvaticus SchaefT. 



B.^ Pileus white or whitish with numerous minute brown 

 scales, disk usually brown and smooth. S. 1003 ; P. 

 R. 36:48; ^Ic. 345; H. 315; A. 23. 



A. placomyces Peck 



A.^ Pileus (except for scales if present) white or whitish or 

 somewhat yellowish; rarely brownish, never tawny. 

 B.^ Mature pileus usually more than 4 cm. broad. 



C.^ Stipe solid. S. 994; P. R. 36:45; H. 308; Mc. 336; 

 A. 20 A. rodmani Peck 



C.^ Stipe stufifed or hollow. 



D.^ Plants occurring in grassy or open fields, etc. 

 E.^ A^eil large, double ; lamellae long whitish or 

 pallid. S. 994; St. 305; P. R. 36:46; H. 

 310: Mc. 341; A. 21; M. III. 



A. arvensis Schaeff. 

 E.^ Veil scant, usually lacerate; lamellae soon 

 pink. S. 997; St. 306; P. R. 36:42; Mc. 

 332; H. 307; A. 18; M. 112. 



A. campester Linn. 



D.- Plants growing in woods or groves. 



E.^ Pileus wdth small brown scales, disk smooth, 



brown. S. 1003; Mc. 345; P. R. 36:48; 



H. 315 ; A. 23 A. placomyces Pe:k 



E.^ Pileus glabrous or slightly silky, whitish, or 



3^ellowish in center. 



