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broad, distant, decurrent, bright yellow, interspaces rugose ; stem 

 equal, smooth, stuffed or hollow, yellow ; spores elliptical, ^wv^' 

 long. 



Plant l'-2' high, pileus 8''-18" broad, stem 1" thick. 



On much decayed wood in woods. Greig. September. 



It differs from A. lelltis by its smooth pileus and decurrent 

 lamellae. I wish this pretty little plant to bear the name of Gov. 

 John T. Hoffman, because of his high appreciation of ISTatural 

 History and his just regard for its interests. 



Agakicus fragkans Sow. 



Ground in woods. Greig. September. 



Agaeicus calathus Bicxb. 



Low grounds in woods. Sandlake. Well marked by the pecu- 

 liar violaceous colored lamellae. 



Agaricus (Clitocybe) maemokeus n. sj). 



Pileus fleshy, firm, convex, smooth, white, mottled with darker 

 watery spots ; lamellae close, narrow, arcuate, unequally decurrent, 

 white ; stem firm, solid, long, generally curved and slightly thicker 

 at the base, white, pruinose; spores globose, e oVo' long. 



Plant caespitose, 4-6' high, pileus 2'-4' broad, stem 6'' -10'^ thick. 

 On old logs in woods. Greig. September. 

 This species is allied to A. illiodens, but is very different in 

 color and is destitute of an umbo. 



Agaricus (Clytocybe) ectypoides n. sp. ' 



Pileus fieshy, thin, broadly umbilicate or funnel-form, with a 

 spreading margin, finely virgate with close-pressed blackish fibrils, 

 and squamulose-punctate, the black points seated on the radiations, 

 varying in color from watery-gra}- to dull watery-yellow ; lamellae 

 close, narrow, long decurrent, some of them forked, yellowish ; 

 stem equal, firm, solid, colored like the pileus, with a white myce- 

 lium at the base. 



Plant about 2' high, pileus l'-2' broad, stem 1"-"^" thick. Sub- 

 caespitose. 



Potten logs and stumps in woods. Sandlake and Catskill 

 mountains. July and August. 



The pileus is sometimes lobed, sometimes excentric. 



Agaeicus (Collybia) zonatus n. sp. 



Pileus thin, fleshy, convex, then expanded or slightly depressed, 

 umbilicate, hairy -tomentose, tawny with obscure darker zones ; 



