REPORT OF THE BOTANIST. 95 
_ Subgenus— Hebeloma. 
Veil, if present, floccose, not interwoven; stem fleshy; gills 
sinuated.—Berk. Out. 
The pileus is thin, but fleshy, generally fibrillose or scaly ; the 
gills are most often of a dingy or olivaceous color, and emar- 
ginate; the stipe is fleshy, more or less fibrous, and, in our 
species, solid or stuffed. The color of the spores is generally 
olivaceous, or brownish-ochraceous. 
SYNOPSIS OF THE SPECIES. 
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DAGEMESUS OCHTACEOUS. <,<:050 sta ss daie bias piso aew ofa lee sad E omits hisicteeh cleiets increment cers 86. 
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cy Lameliss deeply: emarginates 22x. sels) csi si0s'oiersies aicie «sisi sate orale aeieieleielaveia s siete 88. 
Gs uamelis slightly: Cmareimater.'. re cvcie cieccisissd oclee cerelsieielain is slats loro ao, «eiemtarsietohevalete 89. 
84. AGARICUS RIMOSUS Bull. 
Pileus fleshy, thin, conical or campanulate, then expanded, 
sometimes umbonate, longitudinally cracking, fibrous, dull 
reddish-brown, the margin sometimes uneven, often splitting ; 
lamellz narrow, close, tapering toward the stipe, subfree, 
whitish, becoming darker; stipe equal or slightly tapering 
upward, fibrous, solid, white, rarely brownish, bulbous, the 
bulb flattened. 
Height 2-3’, breadth of pileus 1’-2’. 
Roadsides in woods. North Elba. August. 
85. AGARICUS LACERUS F7. 
Pileus thin, fleshy, conical or campanulate, then convex 
or expanded, fibrous, longitudinally cracking, the margin 
splitting, color pale yellowish-brown; lamellz not broad, 
tapering toward the stem, nearly free, brownish-yellow ; stipe 
equal, firm, solid, fibrous, white ; spores rough. 
Height 2’, breadth of pileus 6’—-18”. 
Grassy grounds in fields and open woods. Greenbush. 
June. 
The cuticle of the disk sometimes breaks up into scales. 
86. AGARICUS SUBOCHRACEOUS 2. Sp. 
Pileus thin, conical or convex, sometimes expanded, gen- 
erally umbonate, fibrillose-squamulose, pale ochraceous-yel- 
low; lamelle rather broad, attached, emarginate, whitish, 
