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Agaiicns. I later found other specimens growing along 

 with the common mushroom. I photographed some of 

 them but for a long time was unable to identify them. 

 Finally I found that the plant was described by 

 Peck^ in 1S95 from a collection sent to him from Kansas. 

 So far as I know it has not been mentioned by anyone since 

 that time. It grows 6 to S cm. tall and the caps become as 

 much as G cm. broad. The ring is very prominent and the 

 spores are purple brown. The color of the gills alone will 

 identify it. Its edibility has not been tested. 



Tricholoma riitilans Schaeff [Fig. 10) — This is a species 

 that one would not exf)ect to tind commonly in Illinois 

 since it grows only on pine wood or occasionally on hem- 

 lock. Xevertheless the plants shown in the photograpli 

 were collected in Champaign County. They were growing 

 on a pine stump in the Forestry at the University of Illi- 

 nois. It is rather a pretty plant, the surface of the cap as 

 well as the lower part of the stem being dark red or pur- 

 plish. The larger specimens become 10 cm. tall and 10cm. 

 broad. The spores are white, the gills attached, and there 

 is no ring. This species is said to be edible and of good 

 quality although the flesh is somewhat gummy when 

 cooked. 



Panus strigosus B. and C. — The hairy Panus was found 

 on living willow along the Sangamon Kiver near the west- 

 tern boundary of Champaign County. This collection was 

 noted by Lloyd in Letter Xo. 67, page 16, note 691, as the 

 first collection from the west although the species is not 

 uncommon in the east. The plants collected were partly 

 eaten by insects and so not fit to photograph. An excellent 

 photograph was published by Lloyd in Mycological Xotes, 

 page 717. Both stem and cap are covered when young 

 with fine soft hairs which become long and stiff as the 

 plant becomes older. The larger specimens are S to 10 cm. 

 broad and have stems 6 to 10 cm. long. The gills are 

 slightly decurrent and the spores white. It is edible when 

 young but soon becomes tough. 



* Bull. Torrey Bot, Club. 22 :4S9. 



» Snce wrtng the above I have learned that Dr. Peppoon collected ths plant 

 several years ago n Jo Davess County. 



