Agaricaceae 



Eussuia. separable, and viscid in wet weather, margin broadly membranaceous, 

 at the first bent inward with ribs which are at lengtJi tubercular. Flesh 

 thin, rigid- fragile, pallid. Stem 2 in. and more long, %-\ in. thick, 

 stout, stuffed then hollow, whitish. Gills adnexed, crowded, connected 

 by veins, with very many dimidiate and forked ones intermixed, whitish, 

 at the first exuding watery drops. 



Fetid. Taste acrid. Very rigid, most distinct from all others in its 

 very heavy empyreumatic odor. In very dry weather the odor is often 

 obsolete. The margin is more broadly membranaceous and hence 

 marked with longer furrows than in any other species. It differs from 

 all the preceding ones in the gills at the first exuding watery drops. 

 The gills become obsoletely light yellow, and dingy when bruised. 

 Fries. 



Pileus fleshy, with a wide thin margin, hemispherical or convex, then 

 expanded or depressed, viscid when moist, widely striate-tuberculate on 

 the margin, dull pale yellow or straw color. Lamellae rather broad, 

 close, venose-connected, some of them forked, whitish. Stipe nearly 

 cylindrical, whitish, hollow. Spores white. Plant sometimes cespitose. 



Height 2-4 in. ; breadth of pileus 2-3 in. Stipe 4-6 lines thick. 



Pine woods. West Albany. October. 



Taste mild at first, then slightly disagreeable. Peck, 2$d Rep. N. Y. 

 State Bot. 



Spores minute, echinulate, almost globular, 8/x, W.G.S.; 8-io/u. 

 Mas see. 



In woods. Common. July to October. 



Var. gramilata has the pileus rough with small granular scales. Peck, 

 Rep. 39. 



A very coarse and easily recognized species. Reckoned poisonous, 

 though eaten by slugs. W.G.S . 



The verdict is against it. Both smell and taste are usually un- 

 pleasant. Cooked it retains its flavor, more closely resembling wild 

 cherry bark than anything else. On two occasions I ate enough to con- 

 vince me that it was not poisonous. 



R. el'egans Bresad. elegans, pretty. Mild at first, becoming acrid 

 with age. Pileus 2-3 in. across. Flesh rather thick ; convex then de- 

 pressed; margin tuberculose and striate when old, viscid, bright rosy 

 flesh-color, soon ochraceous at the circumference, everywhere densely 



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