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Cortinarius squamulosus, Pk. 



On the ground in woods. August. 

 Cortinarius armillatus Fr. (Edible.) 



On the ground in woods; Muskoka. August. 

 Paxillus involutus, (Batsch) Fr. (Edible). 



On or near stumps and decayed logs in or near woods ; Muskoka 

 August and September. 

 Paxillus atro-tomentosus, (Batsch). Fr. 



In woods on stumps and decaying logs. Muskoka. August 

 and September. 



4. PORPHYROSPOR^. 



Agaricus campester, Linn. (Edible). 



In pastures Cape Breton, August. Near Toronto, September. 

 Agaricus silvaticus Schaeff. (Edible). 



On the ground in woods; Caledon Mountain, and E. Toronto. 

 September. 

 Agaricus silvicola Vitt. (Edible but in its early stages the danger- 

 ous Amanita phalloides may be taken for it.) 



Woods; Caledon Mountain, and E. Toronto. September. 

 Agaricus magnificus Pk. (Edible). 



In High Park, Toronto; 8 in. across and 11 in. high. Septem 

 ber and October. 

 Stropharia semiglobata, Batsch. (Edible). 



In lawns, Toronto. July. 

 Hypholoma suhlateritium, Schaeff. (Edible). 



Common on stumps and logs in or near woods; Muskoka and 

 near Toronto. September to November. 

 Hypholoma appendiculatum, Bull. (Edible), 



On stumps and wet logs, in damp cellar. Toronto. July. 

 Hypholoma incertum, Pk. (Edible). 



On an uprooted pear tree stump, on damp wood in cellar stair- 

 way; Toronto. July. 



5, Melanospor^. 



Coprinus comatus Fr. (Edible when young). 



In lawns, roadside ditch, embankment of a disused railway; 

 Toronto. June and September. 

 Coprinus atramentarius Bull. (Fr.) (Edible when young). 



Roadsides, in ditches and gardens; Toronto. June to October. 

 Coprinus micaceus (Bull.) Fr. (Edible when young). 



At root of trees and stumps in streets and parks; Toronto. 

 July to October. 



