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toms, when taken in so small a quantity, ought to be labeled decidedly 

 dangerous. 



"There can be no question that the specimens were A. Morgani, 

 as I examined some that were left of those picked, and also gathered 

 others from the same patch where these were obtained. 



"As everything relating to mushroom poisoning should be of interest 

 to the mycologist and mycophagist, I take the liberty of reporting this 

 case." 



The Agaricus Morgani appears to be spreading. In 1901 I found 

 large specimens of it outside a stable in Lebanon, Pa. Its appearance 

 and luxuriance are so much in its favor, that the toadstool lover will be 

 tempted to try it. Experiments in eating it should be conducted with 

 the greatest caution. Mcllvaine. (See page 738.) 



For description of the species, and illustration, see under Lepiota 

 Morgani, pages 37-39 and plate Vila and XIV. 



Agaricus naucinoides Pk. Rep., 1871: 72. This valuable food 

 species is spreading and rapidly increasing in many of the states. Prof. 

 Charles H. Peck (Rep., 1900: 162) says of it: "It has shown con- 

 siderable variability in some of its characters. Usually its pileus is very 

 white and smooth, clean and attractive, but specimens have been found 

 this year having the pileus dingy or smoky brown, others have been 

 seen in which the cuticle of the pileus was cracked in such a way as to 

 form minute squamules, and in one or two instances plants were ob- 

 served having the surface of the pileus adorned with minute granules, a 

 character attributed to L. naucina Fr. In such cases the importance of 

 recognizing the spore characters is shown. By disregarding this char- 

 acter our plant has sometimes been referred to L. naucina and some- 

 times to Agarictis cretaceus Fr., both of which it closely resembles, and 

 with which it appears to be confused by European mycologists, some 

 referring it to one species and some to the other." 



For description and illustrations see Lepiota naucinioides Pk., pages 

 45 and 46, and plates XII and XV. 



Agaricus patuloides Pk. Rep., 1908: 79. Clitocybe patuloides Pk. 

 Rep., 1900: 163 Pileus fleshy, firm, rather thick, convex, becoming 

 nearly plane or somewhat centrally depressed, glabrous, even and white 

 when young, with the margin incurved, becoming pale ochraceous with 



