; | - pallid or gloat smooth above the lacerated seule dusted ne ye ne 
_ particles at the insertion of the lamella; spores elliptical, .0003 — ico 
long, -.0002’—.00025' broad. 
Plant czespitose, 2’-3' high, pileus 1/-2’ broad, stem 2''—3” thickrs 
Prostrate beech trunks in woods. Griffins. Sept. 
_ This is one of our most beautiful species. It is easily Oa. fost its / 
__ allies by its lively lemon-yellow color. It is allied to A. flammans. 
eases (PHOLIOTA) VERMIFLUUS Ph. a 
-Pileus convex or expanded, smooth, white, often tinged with yellow, some- 
ia, times areolate-rimose, especially on the disk, the margin decurved, and some- 
times floccose-squamose from the remains of the veil; lamelle close, white, 
____ then ferruginous-brown, usually minutely eroded on the edge; stem hollow, 
___ striated at the top where it is sometimes thickened, white ; annulus lacerated 
or evanescent; spores ferruginous-brown, .00045’—.0005’ long, .0003' broad. 
iv wD 
~*~ Pilant 2’-4’ high, pileus 2'-4’ broad, stem 3’’—5” thick. 
i a 
ia ‘ Fields among oat stubble. Ticonderoga. Aug. , 
ay ee This species is evidently closely related to A. precox, but its larger size, — 
_. larger spores, late appearance, etc., induce me to separate it. When moist, 
Be the pileus appears to be slightly ea It is so liable to the attacks of msect = 
i _larvee that it is difficult to dry a specimen before it is badly eaten. % 
A, Agaricus (INocyBE) PALUDINELLUS Pk. he 
___ Pileus thin, plane or slightly convex, umbonate, subfibrillose, whitish or 4 
_ pallid; lamellze narrow, close, whitish then subferruginose ; stem slender, 
___ equal, colored like the pileus, with an abundant white mycelium at the base; — he 
____ spores subelliptical, nodulose, .0003’ long, .0002’ broad. 
_  _. Plant gregarious, 1’—2’ high, pileus 5’—10” broad, stem nearly 1” thick. 
‘ BA Tn low grouads and wet places under bushes. Sandlake. Aug. Aree 
pee This species is easily recognized by its pale, umbonate pileus andnodulose 
-~ -\ spores. 
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_ Agaricus (NAUCORIA) LENTICEPS Pk. < toa) 
Pileus thin, conyex or nearly plane, dingy-ochre or subolivaceous, the disk 
no ‘ brown or blackish-brown; lamelle plane, subdistant, adnate, with a decurrent 
a tooth, whitish or pallid; stem slender, hollow, paler above and slightly squa- “a 
rs - mulose; spores large, variable in size, .0005’-.00075’ long, .0U03-.0004° 
Be a. broad. : 
re , Plant 1/-1.5 high, pileus 6-10" broad, stem scarcely 1'’ thick. 
2 Sandy soil along railroads. Center. Oct. 
a Agaricus (HYPHOLOMA) HYMENOCEPHALUS Pk. -<) »1¢r 
2 Pileus thin, fragile, campanulate then expanded, sometimes umbonate, 
. hygrophanous, brown and striatulate when moist, pallid or whitish and radi- 
a ately rugulose when dry, subatomate, the whitish appendiculate veil soon 
Te evanescent; lamellz narrow, close, dingy then brown; stem slender, brittle, ; 
