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usually paler at the top, velvety with a short close plush ; spores 

 subglobose, about .0002 in. in diameter. 



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



Old logs in woods. Pine Hill and Worcester. 



The granules form a sort of plush which is more dense on the 

 disk of the pileus and its wrinkles than on the margin. The spe- 

 cies is related to Ag. nanus, but is larger and has a different stem. 



Agaeicus btssisedus Pers. 



Rotten wood. Sterling, Cayuga county. August. 



Agaeicus (Leptonia) FOLioMAEGiiiirATus Peck. 



Pileus convex, umbilicate, scabrous on the disk, bluish-brown, 

 the disk a little darker; lamellae broad, subdistant, plane, whitish, 

 then flesh-colored, the edge entire and colored like the pileus ; 

 stem smooth, equal, solid below, with a small cavity above, con- 

 colorous. 



Plant l'-2' high, pileus 6"-10" broad, stem .5" thick. 



Ground and decaying wood in groves. Maryland, Otsego 

 county. July. 



It is related to Ag. serrulatus. 



Agaeicus (Nolanea) fuscofolius Peck. 



Pileus thin, conical or campanulate, papillate, smooth, hygro- 

 phanous, dark-brown and striatulate when moist, grayish-brown 

 and shining when dry ; lamellae ascending, rather close, narrowed 

 toward each end, brown ; stem equal, stuffed, smooth, concolorous, 

 with a white mycelium at the base; spores irregular, nucleate, 

 .00033 X .00025 in. 



Plant 1' high, pileus 3"-6" broad, stem .5" thick. 



In woods on old logs. Maryland. July. 



Agaeicus (Ceepidotus) Heebaeum n. sp. 



Pileus thin, at first resupinate, with the margin incurved, clothed 

 with white down, at length somewhat reflexed, less downy, the 

 thin margin spreading ; lamellae narrow, not crowded, diverging 

 from a naked lateral or eccentric point, white, then tawny ; spores 

 slightly curved, .00028 x .00014 in. 



Pileus 2"-4:'' broad. 



Dead stems of herbs. North Greenbush. October. 

 The pileus is attached by white, webby filaments. 



