Agaricaceae 



Agaricus. Pileus 1-2 in. broad. Stem 1-1% in. long, M-X in. thick. 



Lawns and grassy places in rich soil. Often associated with Stro- 

 pharia bilamellata Pk. After rains from April to November. Wash- 

 ington, D. C. F. J. Brcendle. 



This is a small mushroom, peculiar in having the young gills of a dark 

 color and in the absence of any pink hues. The gills sometimes be- 

 come moist and manifest a tendency to deliquesce. The drying speci- 

 mens emit a strong but not unpleasant odor. Mr. Braendle says that 

 their edible quality is excellent and that it is not impaired by drying. 

 Peck, Bull. Torr. Dot. Club, Vol. 26, F. 1899. 



A. praten'sis Schaeff. a meadow. Pileus 23)^ in. across, ovoid 

 then expanded, becoming smooth or sometimes broken up into scales 

 more or less concentrically arranged, whitish, then grayish. Flesh 

 thick in the center, thin toward the margin, white. Gills free, rounded 

 behind, about K in. broad, grayish, then brown. Stem about 2 in. 

 long, %% in. thick, base thickened, smooth, whitish. .Ring median, 

 simple, usually deciduous. Stem becoming more or less hollow. Spores 

 elliptical, apiculate, 6x3.5^. 



On pastures and woods. Distinguished by the grayish gills becoming 

 brown without any intermediate 'pink or fleshy tinge, and in being 

 rounded behind, the median deciduous ring, and the more or less hollow 

 stem. Massee. 



California. Common. Edible. H.andM. Not elsewhere reported. 



A. achi'menes B. and C. Gr. an amber-colored plant. Pileus 4-6 

 in. broad, pallid or yellowish-white, smooth like kid leather, but studded 

 with warty excrescences especially toward the center. Stem 4-6 in. 

 high, 3-4 lines thick, white, stuffed with floccose fibers, furnished toward 

 the apex with a large deflexed ring. Gills broad, crowded at first, 

 whitish then ash-colored and dingy-brown, free. Spores brownish, oval 

 or ovate. . 



A splendid species allied to A. fabaceus, but differing in its pal^r 

 spores, warty cap, ample ring, etc. 



On the earth. Solitary. June. S. C. Ravenel. Am. Jour. Sci. 

 and Arts, 1849. 



I have not seen this species. 



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