Report of the Botanist. 57 



Agartcus nephrodes B. (& O. 



Decaying wood. "Worcester. July. 



Our specimeus are mostly spathulate, resembling in shape Ag, 

 petaloides. 



Agaricus (Crepidotus) fulvotomentosus n. sp. 



Pileus dimidiate or reniform, sessile, clothed with numerous 

 small tomentose tawny scales; lamellae close, free, the edge white; 

 spores elliptical, .0003 x .0002 in. 



Pileus about 1' in diameter. 



Decaying wood. Savannah. August. 



Agaricus (Pholiota) cerasints Peck. 



Pileus broadly convex, smooth, hygrophanous, watery-cinnamon 

 when moist, yellow when dry ; lamellse close, emarginate, yellow, 

 then cinnamon color ; stem solid, equal, often carved, furfuraceous 

 at the top; annulus slight, fugacious; flesh yellow; spores ellipti- 

 cal, rough, .0003 x .0002 in. 



Plant csespitose, 2'-4:' high, pileus 2-4' broad, stem 2"-4' thick. 



Old prostrate trunks of trees in woods. Sterling. August. 

 When fresh it has a strong amygdaline odor. 



Agaricus (Hebeloma) stellatosporus Peck. 



Pileus convex, dry, rough, with numerous squarrose or erect 

 scales, brown ; lamellae pallid, becoming brown ; stem equal, scaly, 

 concolorous; spores subglobose, rough with little nodules, .0003 in. 

 in diameter. 



Plant 2 ' high, pileus 1 ' broad, stem 1 ' thick. 



Ground in woods. Croghan. September. 

 This plant bears a close resemblance to Ag. mutatus, but the 

 persistent scales and rough spores distinguish it. 



Agaricus (Hebeloma) griseoscabrosus Peek. 



Pileus hemispherical or convex, dry, rough with appressed fibres 

 and scales, cinereous, the margin whitish when young; lamellae 

 close, broad, whitish when young, then ochraceous-brown ; stem 

 firm, equal or slightly tapering downward, solid, tibrillose or 

 slightly scaly, subconcolorous ; spores smooth, .00035 x .0002 in. 



Plant gregarious, 1.5-2' high, pileus G'-IO" broad, stem l'-1.5' 

 thick. 



Ground in woods. Bethlehem. October. 



