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Pleurotus ulmarius, Fr. 



Elm Agaric. 



Agaricus ulmarius, Bull. 



Pileus fleshy, compact, convex or nearly plane, glabrous, moist, some- 

 times tinged with reddish, yellowisli or brownish hues and marbled 

 with livid spots, becoming darker and shining when old, flesh pure 

 white ; lamella? broad, emarginate or rounded behind, adnexed, mode- 

 rately close, w/u7e or ?yAj?f/.«A ; stem stout, solid, straight or curved, 

 glabrous or partly or wholly tomentose, whitish ; spores globose, .0002 

 to .00025 in. broad. 



Pileus 3 to 6 in. broad, stem 1 to 3 in. long, 6 to 10 lines thick. 



Trunks of elm trees. Albany and Trenton Falls. September to 

 December . Edible. 



Variety acericola. Plant smaller, caespitose. 



Tru nks and roots of maple trees. Adirondack mountains. September. 



Variety po])ulicola. Plant subcrespitose, stem wholly tomentose. 

 West Albany. 



This is one of our largest Pleuroti. It is variable in size and appear- 

 ance. The stem is often thickened either above or beloAV, and it 

 may be glabrous or entirely tomentose, or only at the base or apex. 

 Sometimes it is longitudinally rimose. On tlic elms of Albany it 

 usually grows from places where branches have been cut away. It 

 persists as a conspicuous object for many days. In very wet weather 

 the disk is apt to crack either in a radiate or reticulate manner. . 



Pleurotus sulphureoides, Ph. 

 Pale-yellow Agaric. 



Pileus fleshy, rather thin, convex, umbonate, glabrous or slightly 

 squamulose, pale-yellow; lamellte moderately close, rather broad, 

 slightly emarginate or rounded behnid, pale-gelloiu ; stem firm, equal, 

 slightly fibrillose, stuffed or liolloio, generally curved and eccentric, 

 rarely central, slight! v mealy or tomentose at the top, yellowish or 

 pallid; spores elliptical, .0003 to .00035 in. long .0002 to .00025 broad. 



Pileus 1 to 2 in. broad, stem 1 to 1.5 in. high, 2 to 3 lines thick. 



Decaying prostrate trunks. Catskill mountains. October. Pare. 

 This species has not been detected since its discovery. It becomes 

 paler in drying. The minute scales are brown, but sometimes are 

 wanting. I have separated this Agaric from A. sulphureus because of 

 its eccentric stem, woody habitat and squamulose pileus. 



Pleurotus lignatilis, Fr. 



Wood-inhabiting Agaric. 



Agaricus abscondens, Pk. 



Pileus compact, convex, sometimes slightly depressed or nmbilicate, 



flocculose-pruinose or glabrous, ?/;/iiYe; lamella3thin, narroiu, crowded^ 



emarginate or adnate, white; stem unequal, rather slender, curved, 



stuffed or hollow, whitish, sometimes tomentose at the base; spores' 



7711 mite, elliptical, 00016 to 0002 in, long, usually with a shining 



nucleus; odor distinct, farinaceous. 



