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white; lamellae subdistant, rather broad, ventricose, slightly 

 attaclied, white, then flesh-colored; stem long, slender, smooth, 

 hollow, subpellncid, white, spores subelliptical, irregular, ^^Vn' ^^^S- 

 Plant fragile, 2'-3' high, pileiis 6" broad, stem .5" thick. Sphag- 

 nous swamps. Sandlake. August. 



Agakicus (Kolanea) Clintonianus 71. sp. 



Pileus submembranaceons, broadly conical, sometimes expanded 

 and w^avy-margined, a little scabrous-sqnamulose on the disk, striate 

 on the margin, whitish or light gray, the disk sometimes a little 

 darker ; lamellse narrow, close, nearly free or easily separating from 

 the stem, whitish, becoming pale flesh-colored ; stem slender, equal, 

 smooth, hollow, white, sometimes slightly tinged wdth yellow, with 

 an abundant white mycelium at the base; spores subelliptical, irre- 

 gular, 2^' long. 



Plant 2'-4' high, pileus 1-1.5' broad, stem scarcely 1" thick. 

 Swamps. Sandlake. August. 



I take pleasure in naming this apparently rare species for Hon. 

 G. W. Clinton, one of the most energetic and enthusiastic botanists 

 of the State. 



Agaeicus flammans Ft. 



Old logs in woods. G-reig. September. A most beautiful 

 plant, preserving its color well in drying. 



Agaeictjs squakkosus Mtdl. 



Prostrate trunks of deciduous trees. Sandlake. August and 

 September. 



Agaeicus heteeoclitus Fr. 



On an old beech log. Greig. September. 



Agaeicus (Pholiota) Aggeeicola n. sp. 



Pileus convex, at length slightly depressed, smooth, viscid in 

 wet weather, slightly striatulate on the margin when moist, dark, 

 brown ; lamellae subdistant, decurrent-toothed, grayish; stem equal 

 or slightly tapering upward, fibrous, solid, usually curved at tlie 

 base, lighter colored than the pileus, white above the membranous 

 annulus ; spores elliptical, ^vw^ long. 



Plant 2-3' high, pileus l'-2' broad, stem 3 "-5" thick. Banks by 

 roadsides. Greig. September. 



Agaeicus (JS'auooeia) Highlandensis n. sp. 



Pileus convex, sometimes expanded, smooth, viscid, yellowish- 

 red, often paler on the margin ; lamellae close, rounded behind, 



