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attached, from which they appear siibdecurrent. The stipe is 

 smooth and hollow, often villous at the base, but not strictly 

 bulbous. The species are subhygrophanous, with no veil, hence 

 the stipe is never annulate. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



Plant neither viscid nor having a colored juice a. 



a. Pileus brown (fuscous) or grayish-brown b. 



b . Lamellre uncinate, distinct c. 



c. Pileus obtusely conical or bell-shaped 39. 



c Pileus narrowly conical ; stipe very long 40. 



c. Pileus convex ; ^tipe rather short 41. 



b Lamellae united at the stipe 42. 



b LamellfB not uncinate d. 



d. Plant growing on peat moss (Sphagnum) 43. 



d. Plant growing on trunks of trees 50. 



a. Pileus pui-plish or lilac 44. 



a. Pileus yellow ; lamellje j-ellow 45. 



a. Pileus pallid, whitish, yellowish or flesh-colored ; lamellaj flesh-colored 46. 



Plant viscid ; stipe yellow 47. 



Plant viscid ; stipe not yellow 48. 



Plant not viscid ; having a colored juice 49. 



*39. Agaricus galericulatus Scop. 



Pileus obtusely conical or bell-shaped, sometimes umbonate, 

 long striate, variable in color, but some shade of brown or 

 cinereous ; lamellse not crowded, uncinate, decurrent-toothed, 

 abruptly pointed at the outer extremity, venose-connected, dis- 

 tinct at the stipe, white or flesh-colored ; stipe firm, smooth, 

 hollow, with white filaments at the base. 



Height 2-4', breadth of pileus 6"- 18". 



On old logs, decaying sticks, etc., in woods. Common. 

 July-October. Sometimes csespitose. 



40. Agaricus pr^loin'gus n. sp. 



Pileus at first subcjiindrical, then narrowh^ conical, inclm 

 ing to bell shape, striate, blackish-brown with a plumbeous or 

 leaden tint ; lamellae narrow, white, uncinate and slightly 

 decurrent-toothed ; stipe very long, firm, smooth, hollow, paler 

 than the pileus, generally tinged with red, villous at the base. 



Height 5'-7', breadth of pileus 4"-8". 



Sphagnous marshes. Sandlake. June. Gregarious. 



The pileus, as in most of the species of a dark brown color, 

 becomes paler in drying and the striae disappear. 



41 . Agaricus latifolius n. sp. 



Pileus convex, rarely somewhat umbonate, striatulate, gray- 

 ish-brown ; lamellae white, broad, uncinate, decurrent-toothed ; 

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