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usually slightly adnexed, white ; stem equal or slightly thickened at 

 the base, stuffed or hollow, white above the annulus, colored and 

 adorned like the pileus below it, annulus 'slight, evanescent ; spores, 

 elliptical, -00016' — 0002' long, •00012' — 00014 broad. 



Plant 1'— 2-5' high; pileus 1'— 2-5' broad; stem 1"— 3" thick. 



Woods, copses and waste places. Common. August— October. 



This is a small species Avith a short stem and granular reddish-yel- 

 low pileus, and lamellaa slightly attached to the stem, a character by 

 which it differs from all the precedmg. The annulus is very small 

 and fugacious, being little mure than the abrupt termination to the 

 coating of the stem. The species was formerly made to include several 

 varieties which are now regarded as distinct. 



Agaricus amianthinus, Sco2). 

 Amianth Agaric. 



Pileus thin, convex, subcampanulate or plane, often umbonate, coated 

 with nwnerous granular and furfuraceous scales, ochraceous-yellow , 

 sometimes radiately wrinkled, crenate-appendiculate on the margin ; 

 lamellae rather broad, close, adnate, white or yellowish ; stem rather 

 long, slender, equal or slightly thickened at the base, stuffed or hol- 

 low, white above, colored like the pileus and floccose-squamulose be- 

 low the slight evanescent annulus; spores elliptical, '0002' — 00028' 

 long, about -00016' broad. 



Plant 1-5' — 4' high; pileus 1' — 1-5' broad; stem 1" — 2" thick. 



Damp, mossy ground and much decayed wood. Adirondack 

 mountains. August and September. 



This Agaric closely resembles the preceding one, of which it is 

 sometimes regarded as a variety. It may be distinguished by its more 

 ochraceous persistent color, appendiculate margin, elongated stem, and 

 by its lamellaB, which are not rounded behind, but are attached to the 

 stem by their whole breadth. The flesh is also more or less tinged 

 with yellow. It prefers mossy, shaded ground under evergreen trees. 

 The flocculent part of the veil is easily rubbed off and mostly disap- 

 pears in drying. It is a pretty Agaric . 



Agakicus pusillomtces, Pk. 

 Small Agaric . 



Pileus thin, subcampanulate or convex, subumbonate, mi^mtely 

 granular or furfuraceous, whitish or brownish; lamellae broad, close,free, 

 white; stem slender, equal, scarcely annulate, rough with a granular 

 mealiness, colored like the pileus; spores elliptical, -00016' — 0002' 

 long, .00012' broad. 



