REPORT OF THE BOTANIST. 57 
AGARIcUs NEPHRODES B. c& C. 
Decaying wood. Worcester. July. 
Our specimens are mostly snails: resembling in shape Ag. 
petalordes. 
Agaricus (CREPIDOTUS) FULVYOTOMENTOSUS 7. sp. 
Pileus dimidiate or reniform, sessile, clothed with numerous 
small tomentose tawny scales; lamellee close, free, the edge white; 
spores elliptical, .0003 x .0002 in. 
Pileus about 1’ in diameter. 
Decaying wood. Savannah. August. 
Agaricus (PHotiora) cerasinus Peck. 
Pileus broadly convex, smooth, hygrophanous, watery-cinnamon 
when moist, yellow when dry; lamelle close, emarginate, yellow, 
then cinnamon color ; stem solid, equal, often curved, furfuraceous 
at the top; annulus slight, fugacious; flesh yellow; spores ellipti- 
cal, rough, .0003 x .0002 in. 
Plant ceespitose, 2'-4' high, pileus 2'-4' broad, stem 2’—4" thick. 
Old prostrate trunks of trees in woods. Sterling. August. 
When fresh it has a strong amygdaline odor. 
Aaaricus (HEBELoMA) sTELLATOsPoRUS Peck. 
Pileus convex, dry, rough, with numerous squarrose or erect 
scales, brown ; lamelle pallid, becoming brown; stem equal, scaly, 
concolorous; spores subglobose, rough with little nodules, .0008 in. 
in diameter. 
Plant 2’ high, pileus 1’ broad, stem 1” thick. 
Ground in woods. Croghan. September. 
This plant bears a close resemblance to Ag. mutatus, but the 
persistent scales and rough spores distinguish it. 
AGARICUS ibe econ GRISEOscABRosts Pech. 
Pileus hemispherical or convex, dry, rough with appressed fibres 
and scales, cinereous, the margin whitish when young; lamelle 
close, broad, whitish when young, then ochraceous-brown ; stem 
firm, equal or slightly tapering downward, solid, fibrillose or 
slightly scaly, subconcolorous ; spores smooth, .00035 x .0002 in. 
Plant gregarious, 1.5'—2' high, pileus 6’-10" broad, stem 1"-1.5” 
thick. 
Ground in woods. Bethlehem. October. 
