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In woods and open places. August. October. Common. 

 A variable species. Var. Car c^arm^ Per s has tlie^pileus 

 white and the granules darker, or almost biack. Oatskili 

 Mountains. ., ,, , ^ 



Var. amiantMnus Scop, has the pileus generally umbo- 

 nate, with the margin at lirst scalloped or crenate and the 

 stem elongated. In mossy places in woods, ^lorth li.lba. 

 The prevailing color of the pileus is a bright ochraceous 

 yellow. The stem is generally colored like the piieus. 



Subgenus — Armillaria. 



Veil partial annular. Hymenophorum confluent with the 



stem. — BerTc. Outl. 

 As yet we have found but a single species of this subgenus. 



'^le. Agakicus melleus Yahl. 



Pileus Heshy, expanded, sprinkled with minute, erect, 

 hair-like scales, dull honey color; lamellae rather broad, 

 whitish, slightly sinuate at the inner extremity and sub- 

 decurrent ; stipe nearly equal, whitish, fibrous, rarely squa- 

 mose, solid, annulate. 



Height 3'- 6', breadth of pileus \'-M. 



Ground in woods and in pastures. August-October. 

 Common. . 



A variable species, deemed edible, but having an acrid 

 nauseous taste when raw. . i , i 



A large solitary form, of a darker color, and with the 

 margin striate when moist, occurs in woods; a caspitose 

 forin grows in cleared land about the roots of stumps ; and 

 a smaller more yellow form is gregarious in grassy places. 



Subgenus — Tricholoma. 

 Stem fleshy ; gills with a sinus behind. Veil obsolete, or, if 

 present, floccose, and adhering to the margin of the pileus. 

 —BerTi. Outl. 

 The species of this subgenus are mostly easily recognizable 

 by their stout fleshy appearance and emarginate lamella?. 

 The pileus may be viscid, moist, or dry and scaly. Nearly 

 all the species grow on the ground. The stem is never annu- 

 late. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



Pileus dry, scaly ^• 



a. Pileus with a purplish-red toraeutum !"• 



a. Pileus dull rufous-brown 1^ • 



a. Pileus darlc livid-brown, bluish tinged 19- 



Pileus moist, smooth ^ 



b. Pileus subviolaceous •-*^- 



b. PUeus white '•^" 



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