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becoming brownish-yellow ; stipe equal, wliitish, slightly fibril- 

 lose, solid. / 

 Height 1-2', breadth of pileus 9"- 18". 



Ground in groves and open places. Sandlake and West 

 Albany. June - October. 



In very wet weather the pileus sometimes splits on the 

 margin. 



87. Agakicus flocculosus Berli. 



Pileus thin, fleshy, convex or subcampanulate, umbonate, 

 squamulose, grayish-brown ; lamellse broad, subventricosc-. 

 attached, pale brownish, tinged with red ; stipe firm, solid, 

 fibrillose, a little paler than the pileus. 



Height 1-2', breadth of pileus 6"- 12". 



Ground in fields and by roadsides. North Elba and West 

 Albany. September and October. 



88. Agaeicus sarcophyllus n. sp. 



Pileus fleshy, short and obtusely conical or convex, smooth, 

 white, the margin incurved ; lamellae broad, not crowded, 

 attached, deeply emarginate, dingy flesh-color ; stipe equal, 

 smooth, white, firm, stuffed, mealy-squamulose above, spores 

 smooth, very dark ferruginous. 



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



Wet grassy ground. Greenbush. June. 



Taste slightly bitter. The edge of the lamellae is slightly 

 eroded. Their deep emargination and peculiar color make 

 this a strongly marked species. At first sight, it looks like a 

 small PsaUiota. (Plate 1, figs. 7-11.) 



89. Agaeicus geophyllus Sow. 



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

 broadly umbonate, silky, smooth, white ; lamellae close, not 

 broad, slightly emarginate, attached, whitish, becoming dingy 

 brownish ; stipe firm, equal, rather long, white, solid or 

 stuffed. 



Height 2'- 3', breadth of pileus 6"- 9". 



Ground in woods and open places. North Elba and Green- 

 bush, August - October. 



Series 4 — Pratell^. 

 Spores hrownish-purple or hroion. 



Subgenus — Psalliota. 

 Veil lixcd to tlie stem, forming a ring. — Berl'. Outl. 



