Report of the Botanist. 73 



bous ; annulus thin, soon vanisliiiif^; volva fragile, subappressed ; 



• spores broadly elliptical, .OOOi' long, .0003' broad. 



Plant 2'- 3' high, pileus 1.5' -2' broad, stem 3' -5" thick. 



Grassy ground in open woods. Greenbnsli. June. 

 This species is remarkable for the thin striate-tuberculate margin 

 of the pileus, which causes it to resemble some species of Eussula. 



Agakicus illixttus i^/'. 



Ground in woods. JN'orth Elba, Essex county. July. 

 This is tlie variety with a smooth marp'iu. 



Agaricus (Tkicholoma) DEcoEosrs PecJi. 



Pileus firm, at first hemispherical, then convex or expanded, 

 coated with numerous brownish subsquarrose tomentose scales, 

 dull ochraceous or tawny; lamellse close, rounded and slightly 

 emarginate at the inner extremity, the edge subcrenulate ; stem 

 solid, equal or slightly tapering upward, white and smooth at the 

 top, elsewhere tomentose-scaly and colored like the pileus ; spores 

 broadly elliptical, .0002' long, .00015' broad. 



Plant subcsespitose, 2 '-4:' high, pileus 1^-2' broad, stem 2^'-V 

 thick. 



Rotten logs in woods. Catskill Mts. and Pock City, Allegany 

 county. September and October. (Plate 1, figs. 1—1.) 



This is a fine species but not common. The margin of the 

 pileus sometimes extends beyond the lamelliB. 



Agaricus (Tricholoma) multipunctus Peck. 



Pileus fleshy, not thick, brittle, broadly convex, sometimes cen- 

 trally depressed or suburabilicate, densely dotted with minute 

 brown or blackish scales, yellowish-brown, the disk often darker; 

 lamellae close, slightly emarginate, yellow, sometimes with a darker 

 edge ; stem subequal, squamulose-punctate, hollow, colored like 

 the pileus ; spores suborbicular, .00016' in diameter. 



Plant subcsespitose, 1-2' high, pileus 1-2' broad, stem 2"-!'' 

 thick. 



Rotten logs in woods. Sandlake and Adirondack Mts. July 

 and August. 



This species is related to A. rutilans. 



Agaricus rutilans ScJmff. Poughkeepsie. Gerard. 



Agaricus hordus Fr. 



Ground in open woods. Helderberg and Adirondack Mts. June 

 and July. 



10 



