76 TwEyTY-TiiiRD Report on the State Cabinet. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



Stem not hollow a 



a. Plant not hygrophanous b. 



b. Lamellae not branched c, 



c. Pileus not funnel-form 22. 



c. Pileus funnel-form 23. 



b. Lamellae (at least some of them) branched d. 



d. Pileus brown 24. 



d. Pileus yellow 25. 



a. Plant hygrophanous e. 



e. Pileus funnel-form, white 27. 



e. Pileus funnel-form, brown 28. 



e. Pileus convex or expanded 29. 



Stem, hollow f. 



f . Pileus umbilicate, white 30. 



f . Pileus not umbilicate, plant odorous 31. 



f . Pileus not umbilicate, plant inodorous 32. 



*22. Agaricus xebularis Batsch. 



Pileus llesliy, firm, at first convex, obtuse or subumbonate, 

 then expanded or slightly depressed, smooth, grayish-white ; 

 lamella? close, narrow, subarcuate, slightly dec urrent,. whitish ; 

 stipe thick, stuffed, concolorous, sometimes a little tapering 

 upward. 



Height 2'- 4', breadth of pilens 2'- 4', diameter of stipe 6"- 12". 



Pine woods. West Albany. October. 



A thick, fleshy, dingy-white or grayish species. Edible. 



23. Agaricus ij^fundibuliformis Schceff. 



Pileus thin, fleshy, at first convex, umbonate, minutely to- 

 mentose, then funnel-form, with the margin slightly decurved, 

 dull pale reddish - bufl' ; lamellae whitish, not crowded; stipe 

 whitish or subconcolorous, soft, elastic, slightly tapering 

 upward. 



Height 2'-3', breadth of pileus 1.5'-2', stipe 2"-4" thick. 



Pine woods. ISTorth Greenbush and Sandlake. June. 



24. Agaricus carnosior n. sp. 



Pileus thick, fiesliy, obconic, at first convex, then plane 

 or slightly depressed, subumbonate, brown, the margin at 

 first involute, at length expanded, thin ; lamellae white, not 

 crowded, some of them forked ; stipe concolorous with the 

 pileus, fibrillose, slightly tapering upward. 



Height 2'-4', breadth of pileus l'-3', stipe 3"-6" thick. 



Pine woods. West Albany and Sandlake. September and 

 October. 



The fiesh is moist, soft and white. The plant is sometimes 

 csespitose. Taste pleasant. 



