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loiiT, and nbnut an inch tliiclc. The pilciis is foinm..nlv of a gieiMiish 

 line, lint sonjcliincs l)i(t\vnisli. Tlie disliugnisliing feature is tl)e many 

 forked lamella'. It is eonsidered poisonous. 



2. K. .soKDiDA, Peek.— rPilens firm, eonvex, eentrally dcpre.siscd, dry, 

 sordid white, sometimes elonded with lnou ii. Stipe eqiml, solid, ef>i)- 

 colorons. Lanulhc elose, white, some of Lh<in foi ki'd. S[mres globose, 

 .0070 mm. in diameter. 



On the ground under bi'ocli trees in hilly woods, rilens 3 5 in. 

 broad, stipe 4-5 in. long, and ^-l in. thick. The taste is aerid, and the 

 flesh ehanges eolor when bruised, l)eeoming i)laek or bluish-blaek; the 

 wliole plant turns lilark in drying. In its general appearanee it re 

 senddes Ldciarius jtiperatiis, Seop. 



b. LnmcUm broadest and rounded at the apex, short and forked, 

 mixed with the others. 



?i. It. hACTKA, Pers. — Mild, milk-white. Pileus fleshy, ccmpact, 

 unpolished then livnlo-e; the margin straight, thin, obtuse, even. 

 Stipe solid, enmpael, Ihiek. Lamelhc fiee, tliiik, distant, rigid, some 

 of them forked. 



On the ground in boech woods. Pileus about 2 in. l)road, stipe 1^- 

 2 in. long, and 1-H in. thick. The pileus is at first white, campanu- 

 lale, (h'v; afterward it becomes alulaceous-white, a little limose, eon- 

 vexo-depresscd and often excenlri<-: laniolhTe at length adnate, very 

 bron<l, Inikcd at base and apex. 



•1. li. YihKSCENS, Seli.TL'fl. — Mild. Pileus lleshy, firm, globose then 

 exp.'inded ami umliilieate, innate-flocenlose or areolalevcrrucosc; the 

 ni.argin straight, obi use, even. Stipe spongy-solid, stout, somewhat 

 rividose, whitish. Lanu'lhe free, rather crowded, unequal, foiked, 

 whitish. 



In woods. Pih'us .'{-I in. l>ro:id, slipe 1 2 in. long. Pileus often 

 nni'(pi.'d, ahv.-iys dry, the cuticle breaking up into areas, of a greenish 

 hue, sometimes tinged with yellow (u- |?Ur|ile. 



T). W. i.Ki'iDA, Fr. — .Milil. Pileus lleshy, compact, eonvex, then 

 depressed, unpolished, silky or rimose-scaly, expallent; the margin 

 p.'itenl, obtuse, not striate. Stipe solid, eompact, even, white or rose- 

 eolor. Lamella' rotundate. rather thick, close, many of lliem foiked, 

 while. 



In lieecli wrtorls. Pileus about '.\ in. broad, stipe ;> in. long, antl i in. 

 thick. ' Pileus ro.sv-rcd, the disk In-coming whitish. 



