78 Twenty-Second Annual Report on State Cabinet. 



Agaeicus applicatus, BatscK. 



Old bark in woods. Fort Edward. Howe. 



Agaeicus semi-captus, B. <& C. 



Subterranean sticks. Fort Edward. Howe. A pretty little 

 species, but rare. 



Agaeicus cuetisii, Berk. 



Old boards and saw-dust. Fort Edward. Howe. Autumn. 



Agaeicus peunulus, Scop. 



Woods. Fort Edward. Howe. Bethlehem. Autumn. Edible. 



Agaeicus polycheous, Berk. 



Decaying wood, etc. Fort Edward. Howe. Bethleliem and 

 Helderberg Mountains. Autumn. 



Agaeicus semioebiculaeis, Bull. 



Fields and woods. Fort Edward. Howe. Summer. 



Agaeicus campesteis, L. 



Fields. Fort Edward. Howe. Albany. Summer and autumn. 

 Edible. This species is the one usually cultivated, and, therefore, 

 it is probably used to a greater extent than any other. It should 

 not, however, be inferred from this that it is superior to all others 

 for edible purposes. Several are said to surpass it in flavor, and 

 even the wild ones of this same species, freshly gathered from the 

 fields, are considered by many, superior to the cultivated ones. 

 The young plants are called " Button mushrooms" 



The species is quite variable, and, in some of its forms, 

 approaches the following one quite closely. It does not appear 

 to be abundant with us, though more plentiful some seasons than 

 it is others. 



Agaeicus aevensis, Schceff. 



Fields. Fort Edward. Howe. Summer and autumn. Edible. 



Agaeicus ceetaceus, Fr. 



Fields. Fort Edward. Howe. September. Edible. 



Agaeicus sublateeitius, Schceff. 



"Woods. Fort Edward. Howe. Summer and autumn. 



Agaeicus epixanthus, Paul 

 Woods. Fort 

 mer and autumn 



Woods. Fort Edward. Howe. Helderberg Mountains. Sum- 



