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broad, distant, decurrent, bright yellow, interspaces rugose; stem 
equal, spunieehi stutted or hollow, yellow; spores elliptical, ss45y’ 
long. 
Plant 1-2’ high, pileus 8’-18”" broad, stem 1” thick. 
On much decayed wood in woods. Greig. September. 
It differs from <A. bellus by its smooth pileus and decurrent 
lamella. I wish this pretty little plant to bear the name of Gov. 
John T. Hoffman, because of his high appreciation of Natural 
History and his just regard for its interests. 
AGARICUS FRAGRANS Sow. 
Ground in woods. Greig. September. 
AGARICUS CALATHUS Bua. 
Low grounds in woods. Sandlake. Well marked by the pecu- 
liar violaceous colored lamelle. 
Agaricus (CLITOCYBE) MARMOREUS %. Sp. 
Pileus fleshy, firm, convex, smooth, white, mottled with darker 
watery spots; lamellee close, narrow, arcuate, unequally decurrent, 
white ; stem firm, solid, long, generally curved and slightly thicker 
at the ese, white, pruinose; spores globose, 5755 long. 
Plant cespitose, 4-6 high, pileus 2—4 broad, stem 6”—10" thick. 
On old logs in woods. Greig. September. 
This species is allied to A. dludens, but is very different in 
color and is destitute of an umbo. 
Agaricus (CLYTOCYBE) ECTYPOIDES 7. Sp. 
Pileus fleshy, thin, broadly umbilicate or funnel-form, with a 
spreading margin, finely virgate with close-pressed blackish fibrils, 
and squamulose-punctate, the black points seated on the radiations, 
varying in color from watery-gray to dull watery-yellow ; lamellee 
close, narrow, long-decurrent, some of them forked, yellowish ; 
stem equal, firm, solid, colored like the pileus, with a white myce- 
lium at the base. 
Plant about 2’ high, pileus 1—2’ broad, stem 1’—2" thick. Sub- 
ceespitose. 
Rotten logs and stumps in woods. Sandlake and Catskill 
mountains. July and August. 
The pileus is sometimes lobed, sometimes excentric. 
Agaricus (Cotiysra) ZoNATUS 7. sp. 
Pileus thin, fleshy, convex, then expanded or slightly depressed, 
umbilicate, hairy-tomentose, tawny with obscure darker zones ; 
