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form a sort of ring around the base of the stem, but which oftener 
remain as scales or disappear entirely. The warts of the pileus are 
often very numerous, persistent aud close, especially on the disk, but 
sometimes they nearly all disappear, leaving the resemblance to A. 
vaginatus very close. They are dingy-gray or mouse-colored. The 
stem usually tapers upward and is adorned with minute brann y scales 
or with a sort of mealiness, especially on the upper part. This species 
was described by Berkeley and Broome under the name A. Cecilia, 
but Fries considers it the same as his A. strangulatus. Our plant has 
globose spores, while the spores of A. Ceciliae are described in the 
Handbook of British Fungi as ‘oval, .00034 by .0006 in., ” a dis- 
crepancy which I am unable to explain. Neither is the application of 
the specific name stranyulatus clear. 
Agaricus farinosus,Schw. Mealy Agaric. Pileus nearly plane, thin, 
flocculent-pulverulent, widely and deeply striate on themargin, gayish- 
brown or livid-brown; lamelle free, whitish; stem whitish or pallid, 
equal, stuffed or hollow, mealy, swbdulbous, the volva fiocculent- 
pulverulent, evanescent ; spores variable, elliptical ovate or subglobose, 
-06025 in. to .0003 in. long. 
Plant about 2 in. high, pileus 1 in. to 15 lines broad, stem 1 line 
to 3 lines thick. July to September. 
This is our smallest Amanita, It is neither very common nor very 
abundant when it does occur. The pileus is generally grayish-brown 
or mouse-colored, though specimens sometimes occur that are almost 
white. The striations of the margin are long and generally distinct. 
The dusty flocculent covering is grayish-brown and usully most dense 
on or near the center of the pileus. It is this that suggests the specific 
name and affords a good distinguishing character for the species, which 
might otherwise be easily mistaken for a diminutive form of A. 
vaginatus. The lamelle are sometimes uneven or floccose on the edge, 
which gives them a serrated appearance. ‘Toward the outer extremity 
they are somewhat venosely connected in the interspaces as in A. 
russuloides. ‘The stem is whitish and more or less mealy, witha slight 
bulb at the base which is at first clothed like the pileus. It isdescribed 
by Schweinitz as “ solid,” but I have always found it stuffed or hollow. 
T'wo other species of Amanita have been published by Z. C. Howe, 
M. D., of Yonkers, under the names A. onwstus and A. soleatus. No 
locality is added to the descriptions, but they are presumably of this 
State. I have seen no specimens of these species, but the description 
' of the latter indicates that it is the same as A. volvatus. I have there- 
fore deemed it best to omit them, until we have more definite informa- 
tion concerning them. 
In the preceding pages, when no name is added to the station or 
stations mentioned, the plant has been found therein by the writer. 
Dates signify the time when the specimens were collected, and there- 
fore indicate, to some extent, the time of the occurrence of the plant. 
Grateful acknowledgments are rendered to those Botanists whose 
names appear in the preceding pages,and who have kindly aided me by 
contribution of notes and specimens. 
Very respectfully submitted, 
CHARLES H. PECK. 
ALBANY, January 7, 1880. 
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