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ovate-bulbous and concentrically scaly at the base, stuffed, 
farinaceous, white, rarely yellow. 
Height 6’—8’, breadth of pileus 3’— 5’. 
Common in open woods and in pastures. August-October. 
A beautiful but very variable species. Reputed poison- 
ous, and said to possess intoxicating properties. The color 
of the pileus varies from orange to white, being commonly 
yellow, and becoming paler with age. Two varieties are 
worthy of mention; one, var. minor, with the pileus bright 
orange, 1’-2’ broad, lamelle tinged with yellow, stipe yellow 
and not scaly at the base, occurring in woods from June to 
October; the other, var. major, very large, nearly one foot 
high, with the pileus 8’-10’ in diameter, and with the thick 
bulb above the surface of the ground, its upper part being 
often split into thick appressed truncate rays. I have met 
with this variety but once. Catskill Mountains. October. 
3. AGARICUS VERNUS Bull. 
Pileus at first ovate and slightly viscid, then expanded, 
smooth, with the margin even; lamelle free; stipe stuffed, 
annulate, bulbous, smooth; volva sheathing, appressed. 
Height 3’-6’, breadth of pileus 2’-3". 
Found in woods and open places. July. Sag Harbor 
and Sandlake. 
It has a strong odor and is white throughout. The stem 
is sometimes lacerated. 
4, AGARICUS PHALLOIDES 7. 
Pileus at first campanulate, and when moist slightly viscid, 
then expanded with the margin even, smooth, or innately 
fibrillose ; lamella white, free ; stipe stuffed, annulate, whitish 
or pallid, bulbous, the bulb large, flattened above, and nar- 
rowly margined with the remains of the volva. 
Height 4’-6’, breadth of pileus 2-4’. 
In woods. North Elba, West Albany, and Catskill Moun- 
tains. August—October. 
Pileus white, brown or blackish-brown. I have seen no 
specimens with a greenish pileus, though such are not rare 
in Europe. White specimens are easily confounded with 
the preceding, if the character of the volva and bulb is not 
cae Fragments of the veil may be found on the young 
pileus. 
§. AGARICUS VAGINATUS Bull. 
Pileus thin, sulcate-striate on the margin, at first ovate 
campanulate, then expanded, smooth; lamelle white, free, 
rather broad and rounded at the outer extremity ; stipe 
whitish, slightly tapering upward, minutely squamulose or 
