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pale yellow or whitish, with a flesh-coloured tinge ; stem equal, 

 solid, wavy, with a whitish silky lustre. — Report, p. 22, t. ii./. 1-5. 



In mossy places in woods. North Elba. August. 



Height 2-3 in.; breadth 4-6 lines. 



Agaricus (Hebeloma) subochxaceus. Peck.— Pilous thin, conical 

 or convex, sometimes expanded, generally umbonate, fibrilloso- 

 squamulose, pale ochraceous-yellow ; gills rather broad, attached, 

 emarginate, whitish, becoming brownish-yellow ; stem equal, 

 whitish, slightly fibrillose, solid. — Report, p. 96. 



Ground in groves and open plains. Sandlake and West Albany. 

 June — Oct. 



Height 1-2 in. breath 9-18 lines. 



Agaricus (Hebeloma) sarcophyllus. Pech.— Pileus fleshy, short 

 and obtusely conical or convex, smooth, white, margin incurved ; 

 gills broad, not crowded, attached, deeply emarginate, dingy flesh- 

 colour ; stem equal, smooth, white, firm, stuffed, mealy-squamulose 

 above; spores smooth, very dark, ferruginous. — Report, p. 96, t. i. 

 /.7-11. 



Wet grass of ground. Greenbush. June. 



Height, 1-2 in.; breadth, J-l^ in. Taste slightly bitter. 



Agaricus (Psalliota) Johnsonianus. Pech. — Pileus fleshy, soft, 

 brittle, broadly convex or expanded, smooth, white; disc yellowish; 

 margin thin, sometimes purplish stained, when moist striatulate ; 

 gills close, rounded behind, nearly free, white, then brown ; stem 

 equal, smooth, annulate, solid, slightly striate at the top ; ring white, 

 tumid, stained with the brown spores. — Report, p. 98, t. hi./. 4-6. 



Grassy ground, in pastures. Knowersville. Sept. 



Height, 2-4 in. ; breadth, 2-4 in. ; stem, 3-5 lines thick. Has 

 a sweetish, nutty flavor. 



Agaricus (Hypholoma) perplexus. Pech. — Pileus fleshy, con- 

 vex, then expanded, often broadly sub-umbonate, smooth, yellow, 

 the disc red or brownish-red, margin paler ; gills not broad, rounded 

 behind, easily separating from the stem, pale yellow, then greenish- 

 tinged, finally purple-brown ; stem subequal, firm, slightly fibril- 

 lose, hollow, yellow-reddish at the base ; flesh white ; spores pur- 

 plish-brown. — Report, p. 99. 



About stumps in woods or open places. Sandlake, Albany, and 

 Catskill Mts. Sept.— Oct. 



Height, 2-3 in. ; breadth, 2-3 in. ; stem, 2-3 lines thick. Taste 

 mild. 



Agaricus (Panaeolus) solidipes. Pech. — Pileus firm, at first 

 hemispherical, then sub-campanulate or convex, smooth, whitish, 

 the cuticle at length breaking up into dingy-yellowish, rather 

 large, angular scales ; gills broad, slightly attached, whitish, be- 

 coming black ; stem firm, smooth, white, solid, slightly striate at 

 the top; spores very black, with a bluish tint. — Report, p. \0\,t. 

 iv./. 1-5. 



On dung heaps. West Albany. June. 



