98 TWENTY-THIRD REPOK1 ON THE STATE CABINET. 
subdecurrent, whitish, then purplish-brown ; stipe stout, solid, 
rough, with squarrose scales below the annulus, slightly 
striate above, white or pale yellow ; spores purplish-brown. 
Height 4-6’, breadth of pileus 24’, stipe 6” thick. 
Ground in woods. Sandlake and Catskill Mountains. Octo- 
ber. A fine species. 
93. AGARICUS JOHNSONIANUS 2. sp. 
Pileus fleshy, soft, brittle, broadly convex or expanded, 
smooth, white, the disk yellowish, the margin thin, sometimes 
purplish-stained, and, when moist, striatulate ; lamelle close, 
rounded at the inner extremity, nearly free, white, then brown ; 
stipe equal, smooth, annulate, solid, slightly striate at the top ; 
annulus white, tumid, stained by the brown spores. 
Height 2’- 4’, breadth of pileus 2’—4’, stipe 3’—5” thick. 
Grassy ground in pastures. Knowersville. September. It 
has a sweetish nutty flavor. 
_ Dedicated to Hon. A. 8. Johnson, a worthy patron of natural 
science, who has communicated to me specimens of some fine 
species of fungi. (Plate 3, figs. 4-6.) _ 
94. AGARICUS SEMIGLOBATUS Batsch. 
Pileus thin, hemispherical, sometimes convex, smooth, 
glutinous when moist, white or pale yellow; lamelle very 
broad, loose, attached, becoming black ; stipe slender, smooth, 
tall, hollow, concolorous, annulate, viscid ; the annulus slight, 
stained by the purplish-black spores, at length disappearing. 
Height 3’—5’, breadth of pileus 6-12”. 
On dung. Very common. May-—September. 
95. AGARICUS STERCORARIUS AY. 
Pileus thin, fleshy, convex, then expanded, smooth, viscid, 
yellow ; lamelle broad, attached, brownish or brownish-black ; 
stipe firm, viscid when moist, stuffed with a whitish pith. 
Height 2’— 3’, breadth of pileus 6-9”. 
On dung and rich soil. West Albany. June. 
a Mila from the preceding by its stuffed stem, and expanded 
pileus. 
Subgenus — Hypholoma. 
Veil woven into a fugacious web, which adheres to the margin 
of the pileus. — Berk. Outt. 
In this subgenus the stem is not annulate. 
SYNOPSIS OF THE SPECIES. 
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