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bous; annulus thin, soon vanishing; volva fragile, subappressed ; 
spores broadly elliptical, .0004’ long, .0003’ broad. 
Plant 2’-3' high, pileus 1.5’-2 broad, stem 8”’—5” thick. 
Grassy ground in open woods. Greenbush. June. 
This species is remarkable for the thin striate-tuberculate margin 
of the pileus, which causes it to resemble some species of Russula. 
AGAnricts ILLtnitus £7. 
Ground in woods. North Elba, Essex county. July. 
This is the variety with a smooth margin. 
Agaricus (TRIcHOLOMA) DECcOROsus Peck. 
Pileus firm, at first hemispherical, then convex or expanded, 
coated with numerous brownish subsquarrose tomentose scales, 
dull ochraceous or tawny; lamelle close, rounded and slightly 
emarginate at the inner extremity, the edge subcrenulate; stem 
solid, equal or slightly tapering upward, white and smooth at the 
top, elsewhere tomentose-sealy and colored like the pileus; spores 
broadly elliptical, .0002’ long, .00015’ broad. 
Plant subezespitose, 2’-4’ high, pileus 1-2’ broad, stem 27-4” 
thick. 
Rotten logs in woods. Catskill Mts. and Rock City, Allegany 
county. September and October. (Plate 1, figs. 1-4.) 
This is a fine species but not common. The margin of the 
pileus sometimes extends beyond the lamelle. 
Agaricus (TricHoLoma) mMuLtipunctus Peck. 
Pileus fleshy, not thick, brittle, broadly convex, sometimes cen- 
trally depressed or subumbilicate, densely dotted with minute 
brown or blackish scales, yellowish-brown, the disk often darker ; 
lamellz close, slightly emarginate, yellow, sometimes with a darker 
edge; stem subequal, squamulose-punctate, hollow, colored like 
the pileus ; spores suborbicular, .00016' in diameter. 
Plant snbeespitose, 1-2’ high, pileus 1—2' broad, stem 2/’-4” 
thick. 
Rotten logs in woods. Sandlake and Adirondack Mts. July 
and August. 
This species is related to A. rutilans. 
Agaricus ruTILANS Scheff. Poughkeepsie. Gerard. 
AGaAricus HorDus J7. 
Ground in open woods. Helderberg and Adirondack Mts. June 
and July. 
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