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ing outwardly, ocliraceous-brown ; stem usually loug and lloxuous ; equal or 

 tapering upward, hollow, a little paler than the pileus, white-floccose at the 

 base ; spores suhelliptical, .0004' x .0002'. 



Plant gregarious l'-3' high, pileus 6"-12" broad, stem 1" thick. 



Ground in swamps and wet places. Sandlake. September. 



Agaricus (Hebeloma) stellatosporns, Peck. 



Pileus convex, dry, rough with numerous squarrose or erect scales, brown ; 

 lamellae pallid becoming brown ; stem equal, scaly, concolorous ; spores 

 Bubglobose, rough with little nodules, .0003' in diameter. 



Plant 2' high, pileus 1' broad, stem 1" thick. 



Ground in woods. Croghan. September. 



This plant bears a close resemblance to A(j. mutatus, but the 

 persistent scales and rough spores distinguish it. 



Agaricus (Hel)eloma) griseoscabrosusj Peck. 



Pileus hemispherical or convex, dry, rough with scales and appressed fibres, 

 cinereous, the margin whitish when young ; lamellae close, broad, whitish, 

 tlien ochraceous-brown ; stem firm, solid, tibrillose or slightly scaly, subconcol- 

 orous; spores smooth, .00035' x .0002'. 



Plant gregarious, 1.5'-2' high, pileus 6"-10" broad, stem 1"-1.5" thick. 



Ground in open pine woods. Bethlehem. October. 



Agaricus (Naucoria) bellulus, Peck. 



Pileus thin, convex, moist, smooth, bright watery -cinnamon ; lamellae 

 crowded, narrow, emarginate, yellow, becoming darker with age j stem equal, 

 hollow, often curved, smooth, reddish-brown ; spores, .0002' x .00014'. 



Plant 1' high, pileus 6"-12" broad. 



Decaying hemlock trunks in woods. Lowville and Sandlake. 

 September. 



It is sometimes caespitose. It is difficult to find a mature speci- 

 men of this plant in which the lamellae have not a stained or 

 spotted appearance as if bitten by some small insect. 



Agaricus (Naucoria) geminellus, Peck. 



Pileus convex, even, firm, dry, yellowish-red, the margin paler ; lamellae 

 crowded, emarginate, pale yellow ; stem equal, smooth, containing a white 

 pith or a small cavity, colored like the pileus ; flesh white ; spores .00033' x 

 0002'. 



Rotten wood. Croglian. September. 



