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Agaeicus oecella, Bull. 



Woods and base of stumps in open fields. Fort Edward. 

 Howe. September. Edible. 



Agaeicus subinvolutus, Batsch. 



Woods. Poestenkill. Howe. Summer. 



Agaeicus clypeatus, L. 



Woods. Fort Edward. Howe. Summer and autumn. 



Agaeicus sphagnoeum, Pers. 



Among Sphagnum in marshes. Sandlake. 



CoPEINUS COMATUS, Fr. 



Rich ground, roadsides and barn yards. Bethlehem. September. 

 Edible. 



CoPEINUS ATEAMENTABIUS, Bull. 



Manured grounds. Sandlake. Summer. Edible. 

 This and other allied species, by the deliquescence of the lamellae, 

 furnish a fluid which may be used as ink. 



Copeinus domesticus, Pers. 



Streets and yards of Albany. Spring and summer. 



Copeinus plicatilis, Curt. 



Manure. Fort Edward. Howe. Sandlake. Summer. 



Paxillus ateo-tomentosus, Fr. 



Rotten logs in woods. Moreau, Saratoga county. Howe. 

 July, October. 



Hygeophoeus cinnababinus, Fr. 



Woods. Poestenkill. Howe. Sandlake. July, September. 



Hygeophoeus conicus, Fr. 



Swampy or shaded places. Poestenkill. Howe. Bethlehem 

 and North Elba. Summer. A pretty species, but it turns black in 

 drying. 



Hygeophoeus ceeaceus, Fr. 



Humid ground. Poestenkill. Howe. August. 



Lactaeius toeminosus, Fr. 



Woods. Poestenkill. Howe. July, September. 



