78 TweEnty-Seconp ANNUAL Report on STATE CABINET. 
Agaricus Appiicatus, Batsch. 
Old bark in woods. Fort Edward. Howe. 
Agaricus sEmr-captus, B. & C. 
Subterranean sticks. Fort Edward. Howe. ° A pretty little 
species, but rare. 
Agaricus curtisu, Berk. 
Old boards and saw-dust. Fort Edward. Howe. Autumn. 
AGARICUS PRUNULUS, Scop. 
Woods. Fort Edward. Howe. Bethlehem. Autumn. Edible. 
Agaricus potycurous, Berk. — 
Decaying wood, ete. Fort Edward. Howe. Bethlehem and 
Helderberg Mountains. Autumn. 
AGARICUS SEMIORBICULARIS, Bull. 
Fields and woods. Fort Edward. Howe. Summer, 
AGARICUS CAMPEsTRIs, L. 
Fields. Fort Edward. Howe. Albany. Summer and autumn. 
Edible. This species is the one usually cultivated, and, therefore, 
it is probably used to a greater extent than any other. It should 
not, however, be inferred from this that it is superior to all others 
for edible purposes. Several are said to surpass it in flavor, and 
even the wild ones of this same species, freshly gathered from the 
fields, are considered by many, superior to the cultivated ones. 
The young plants are called “ Button mushrooms.” 
The species is quite variable, and, in some of its forms, 
approaches the following one quite closely. It does not appear 
to be abundant with us, though more plentiful some seasons than 
it is others. 
AGARICUS ARVENSIS, Schoff. 
Fields. Fort Edward. Howe. Summer and autumn. Edible. 
AGARICUS CRETACEUS, /7. 
Fields. Fort Edward. Howe. September. Ldible. 
Agaricus suBLATeritius, Scheff’ 
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Woods. Fort Edward. Howe. Summer and autumn. 
AGARICUS EPIXANTHUS, Paul. 
Woods. Fort Edward. Howe. Helderberg Mountains. Sum- 
mer and autumn. 
