or subumbonate, fibrillose or variegated with a few thin tawny brown- ae 
-brown; stem smooth, stuffed with asmall pith slightly tapering upward, 
eho, whitish, the bulb stained with yellow and usually giving rise — 
to one or two mycelioid white root-like processes; annulus large, me 
inane dad PLACOMYCES, PE. jonah 
Fiat-cap Agaric. 
Pileus fleshy but rather thin, at first convex or campanulate, then . 
expanded and quite plane, sgwamulose, whitish, the disc and minute 
scales brown ; lamellz close, free, white, then pinkish, finally blackish- “ 
flabby; spores elliptical, .0002 to .00025 in. long, .00016 to 00018 in. 
broad. 
Plant 3 to 5 in. high, pileus 2 to 4 in. broad, stem 2 to 4 Hines | 
thick. 
Under hemlock trees. Oneida and Knowersville. July. 
This rare but beautiful Agaric is easily distinguished from its allies 
by the bulbous stem and the perfectly flat ae surface of the ex-_ 
panded pileus finely adorned by numerous minute brown scales. Thesen . 
scales are confluent on the disk where they form a brown spot, thus — 
imitating in appearance many species of thesubgenus Lepiota. Some- 
times faint radiating strie extend from the anes to the margin of the — 
pileus. In damp weather the large thin annulus is sometimes studded —_ 
with drops of moisture of a dark color. Nothing is known concern- 
ing the edible qualities of the species. The specific name is derived 
from two Greek words, zlaxous, a flat cake, and yuxys, a fungus, — ‘ 
and has reference to the very flat horizontally expanded pileus. 
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AGARICUS SILVATICUS, Scheff. 
Wood Agaric. 
Pileus thin, at first convex or campanulate, then expanded, gibbous oe 
ish or reddish-brown spot-like appressed scales, whitish, brownish OF ees 
smoky gray, the disk sometimes tinged with red or vedic brown, the | ope 
flesh white or faintly reddish ; lamelle thin, close, free, narrower ; <3 
toward each end, reddish, then blackish-brown ; stem rather long, — 
equal or slightly tapering upward, hollow, whitish ; spores ee 5 
.0002 to .00025 in. long, .00016 to .0002 in. broad. : 
Plant 3 to 5 in. fae pileus 2 to 4 in. broad, stem 4 to 6 lines 
thick, 
Woods. Summer and autumn. Not common. 
The absence of a bulbous base to the stem and the fibrillose or foebly: 
scaly pileus which is more or less gibbous or umbonate, serye to dis- — 
tinguish this from the two preceding species. Concerning its edibility, 
