88 Twenty-third Report ox the State Uabixet. 



Heiglit 2', breadth of pileus l'-2'. AYoods. Nortli Elba. 

 August. 



The color of the pilens in our specimens was a pale 

 watery cinnamon, changing to yellow. 



Subgenus — Ento] oma. 

 Hymenophorum continuous with the fleshy or fibrous stem ; 

 gills sinuato-adnexed, or parting from the stem. — Berk. Outl. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



Pileus umbouate 63- 



Pileus not umbouate 64. 



63. Agaeicus steictiok n. sjj. 



Pileus thin, submembranaceous, broadly convex or ex- 

 panded, umbouate, smooth, shining, hygrophanous, striatu- 

 late, grayish-brown ; lamellae rather broad, rounded or deeply 

 emarginate at the stipe, pale flesh-colored ; stipe straight, 

 equal or very slightly tapering upward, nearly smooth, hollow, 

 with a dense white mycelium at the base. 



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



Ground in groves and their borders. Albany. October. 



The umbo is small but distinct, the stipe is quite straight, 

 and the aspect of the whole plant is beautifull}' regular and 

 symmetrical. It diff'ers from A. Elodes in being hygrophan- 

 ous, destitute of odor, etc. (Plate 2, figures 6-9.) 



64. Agaeicus ehodopolius Ft. 



Pileus thin, campanulate or convex becoming expanded, 

 scarcely umbonate, grayish-brown, hygrophanous, the mar- 

 gin wavy ; lamelhe attached, slightly emarginate, whitish, 

 becoming flesh-colored ; stipe white, silky, i^ruinose above, 

 hollow. 



Height 3-4', breadth of pileus 2-3'. North Elba. Sep- 

 tember. 



Subgenus — Clitopilus. 



Hymenophorum confluent with the flesh}^ or fibrous stem ; 



gills decurrent. — Berlc. Outl. 

 The decurrent gills enable the species of this subgenus to be 

 readily known. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



Plant large, subcajspitose 65- 



Plant small, gregarious 66. 



65. Agaeicus peunulus Scop. 



Pileus fleshy, firm, convex, then (expanded or slightly 

 depressed, often irregular or wavy, whitish or cinereous ; 



