90 TWEyTY-THIRD REPORT ON THE StATE CaBSXET. 



Synopsis op the Species. 



Pileus scaly G8 



Pileus smooth 69 



68. Agaric US adiposus I^r. 



Pileus flesliy, firm, conical, then convex or expanded, glut- 

 inous when moist, squamose, with dark or reddish scales, 

 the margin slightly surpassing the gills, yellow ; lamellae 

 broad, attached, yellow, at length ferruginous ; stipe firm, 

 solid or stufi'ed, slightly enlarged at the base, scaly below 

 the slight fugacious annulus, with a slight floccose collar at 

 the top, yellow. 



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



Base of trees. Greeubush. November, Poughkeepsie. 

 Gerard. The plant is csespitose. 



69. Agaeicus temnophyllus n. sp. 



Pileus fleshy, hemispherical, then convex, smooth, dull 

 yellow ; lamellae very broad, attached, obliquely truncate 

 at the inner extremity, brownish-ferruginous ; stipe equal, 

 smooth, white, hollow, annulate ; the annulus membrana- 

 ceous, white, dusted with the brownish-ferruginous spores. 



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



Grassy ground by roadside. Sandlake. June. 



This species resembles A. semlorhlcularls so closely in color, 

 taste, etc., that in the absence of the annulus it might be taken 

 for a large form of that species. 



Subgenus — Flammula. 

 Stem fleshy ; gills adnate or decurrent. — Bei'Jc. Outl. 



Syxopsis of the Species. 



Stem hoUow 70 



Stem solid 71 



70. Agaeicus Hallianus n. sp. 



Pileus thin, hemispherical or convex, smooth, hygropha- 

 nous, watery cinnamon with the margin obscurely striatulate 

 when moist, dull yellow when dry ; lamella3 close, subarcu- 

 ate, slightly decurrent, tapering to a narrow point at the outer 

 extremity and ceasing before the margin, cinnamon color ; 

 stipe equal, slightly fibrillose, hollow, Avith a slight annulus, 

 reddish-brown. 



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



Pastures. Beth 1 (diem, November. 



Taste a little bitter. The annulus is very thin, iiiembnin- 

 aoeous and stained with the si)ores. 



