Agaricaceae 



B. VELIFORMES. Pileus very thin, etc. 



* Cyclodei. Stem bearing ring, etc. 

 Coprinus. None edible. 



** Lanatuli. Pileus with superficial downy covering, etc. 



C. lagopus Fr. Gr. , a hare; a foot. Pileus I in. broad, whitish, 

 disk livid, very tender, cylindrical then bell-shaped, when young beau- 

 tifully downy then naked, flattened and split, radiately furrowed. Stem 

 5 in. and more long, I line thick, very weak, very fragile, slightly at- 

 tenuated at both ends, everywhere white-woolly. Gills at length re- 

 mote, narrow, black. Fries. 



Fries distinguishes two forms. A, nemorum. Stem slender, 4-6 in. 

 long. B, viarum. Stem 2-3 in. long. Pileus broader, livid. Both 

 forms are inodorous. The pileus of the long-stemmed form is sometimes 

 entirely clear brown, at others grayish with a brownish disk. Stem 

 very weak, 5 in. and more in length, I line thick, attenuated at both 

 ends. Pileus thin, expanded bell-shaped, about I in. across, when 

 young elegantly flocculose, then furrowed, disk livid. Gills rather dis- 

 tant. 



New York, Peck, 38th Rep.; Mt. Gretna, Pa., July, 1898, on rub- 

 bish about abandoned camp. Prof. M. W. Easton. 



A strikingly beautiful species. Both forms were found in abundance, 

 tested and eaten with enjoyment. They are extremely delicate, and of 

 attractive but not high flavor. 



C. VirgineilS Banning. PileilS ovate, bell-shaped, or cylindrical, 

 pale ocher, the margin thin, torn, downy. Lamellae narrow, close, 

 forked, at first white, turning dark but never black, adnexed. Stem 

 3)2 in. long, stout, somewhat stuffed, attenuated where it meets the 

 pileus, flattened, downy. Spores black. 



Cespitose or gregarious at the roots of trees or about old stumps. 

 Also found in Virginia. 



The plant is not rapidly deliquescent, remaining perfect for some 

 hours. Banning MS. 



Maryland. Virginia. Miss M. E. Banning MS. Peck, 44th Rep. 



Chester county, Pa. New Jersey, about pear -trees and stumps. 

 Mcllvaine. 



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