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Subgenus — Hebel oma. 

 Veil, if present, floccose, not interwoven ; stem fleshy ; gills 



siniiated. — Berk. Outl. 

 The pileus is thin, but fleshy, generally flbrillose or scaly ; the 

 gills are most often of a dingy or olivaceous color, and emar- 

 ginate ; the stipe is fleshy, more or less fibrous, and, in our 

 species, solid or stuffed. The color of the spores is generally 

 olivaceous, or brownish-ochraceous. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



Pileus splitting and cracking into fibres a. 



a. Stipe subbulbous 84. 



a. Stipe not bulbous 85. 



PUeus entire, scaly, not white b. 



b. Pileus ochraceous 8G. 



b. Pileus brown 87. 



Pileus entire, smooth, white c. 



c. LamelliB deeply emarginate 88. 



c. LamelliB slightly emarginate 89. 



84. Agaeicus kimosus Bull. 



Pileus fleshy, thin, conical or campanulate, then expanded, 

 sometimes umbonate, longitudinally cracking, fibrous, dull 

 reddish-brown, the margin sometimes uneven, often splitting ; 

 lamellge narrow, close, tapering toward the stipe, subfree, 

 whitish, becoming darker ; stipe equal or slightly tapering 

 upward, fibrous, solid, white, rarely brownish, bulbous, the 

 bulb flattened. 



Height 2-3', breadth of pileus 1-2'. 



Roadsides in woods. North Elba. August. 



85. Agaeicus laceeus Ft. 



Pileus thin, fleshy, conical or campanulate, then convex 

 or expanded, fibrous, longitudinally cracking, the margin 

 splitting, color pale yellowish-brown ; lamellas not broad, 

 tapering toward the stem, nearly free, brownish-yellow ; stipe 

 equal, firm, solid, fibrous, white ; spores rough. 



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



Grassy grounds in fields and open woods. Greenbush. 

 June. 



The cuticle of the disk sometimes breaks up into scales. 



86. Agaeicus subocheaceous n. sp. 



Pileus thin, conical or convex, sometimes expanded, gen- 

 erally umbonate, fibrillose-squamulose, pale ochraceous-yel- 

 low ; lamellae rather broad, attached, emarginate, whitish, 



