THE WH1TE-SP0RED AGARICS 



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Armillaria bulbigera. A. & S. 

 Marginats-bulbed Armillaria. 



Bulbigera is from bulbus, a bulb, and gcro, to bear. 



The pileus is fleshy, three to four inches across, convex, then expanded, obtuse, 

 even, brownish, gray, sometimes reddish, dry, fibrillose near the margin. 



The gills are notched at the stem, pallid, crowded at first, at length rather 

 distant, becoming slightly colored. 



The stem is distinctly bulbous, two to three inches long, stuffed, pallid, 

 fibrillose, ring oblique, fugacious. The spores are 7-10x5//.. 



I have found some very fine specimens in Poke Hollow, near Chillicothe. The 

 stems were short and very bulbous, having hardly any trace of the ring on the 

 older specimens. The caps were obtusely convex and of a grayish rufescent color. 

 This species can readily be distinguished by the distinctly marginate bulb at the 

 base of the stem. The specimens in Figure 41 were found in Poke Hollow, near 

 Chillicothe, October 2d. I have no doubt of their edibility but I have not eaten 

 them. 



Armillaria nardosmia. Ellis. 



SriKLNARD-SMLLLING ARMILLARIA. ELLIS. 



Nardosmia is from nardosmius, 



the odor of nardus or spikenard. 



The pileus is quite thick, firm 

 and compact, thinner toward the 

 margin, strongly involute when 

 young, grayish white and beauti- 

 fully variegated with brown spots, 

 like the breast of a pheasant, 

 rather tough, with a separable 

 epidermis, flesh white. 



The gills are crowded, slightly 

 notched or emarginate, somewhat 

 ventricose, white. 



The stem is solid, short, fibrous, 

 sheathed by a veil forming a ring 

 more or less evanescent. The 

 spores are nearly round, 6/x in di- 

 ameter. 



This is the most beautiful species 

 of the genus, and from its 



Figure 42. Armillaria nardosmia. One-half natural size, 

 showing the veil and incurved margin. 



