Report of the Botanist. 25 



Agaricus (Tricholoma) impolitoides n. sp. 



Pileus convex, then expanded, obtuse, dry, fibrillose-tomentose, becoming 

 squamose on the disk, sometimes distantly striate on the margin, whitish, the 

 disk usually brownish ; lamellae ciose, emarginate, whitish ; stem equal, 

 solid, slightly fibrillose, white; spores elliptical, .00025' long, .0002' broad; 

 flesh white, taste farinaceous. 



Plant 3'-4' high, pileus 2'-3' broad, stem 3"-5" thick. 



Ground in woods. Gansevoort. Aug. 



This plant is closely related to A. impolitus, but I do not find the stem 

 squamose nor the taste salty or peppery as in that species. It sometimes 

 grows in circles. The scaly disk at first sight is suggestive of species of 

 Lepiota. 



Agaricus (Tricholoma) alboides n. sp. 



Pileus compact, firm, convex, glabrous, white, the disk tinged with yellow 

 or brown ; lamellae, crowded, rounded behind, subfree. white ; stem nearly 

 equal, solid, firm, squamulose at the apex, white; spores subelliptical, .0002'- 

 .00025' long, .00016' broad; taste at first bitter, then very acrid, odor 

 strong, earthy or subfetid. 



Plant 3-4' high, pileus 2 -3' broad, stem 3' -6 ' thick. 



Ground in woods. Brewerton. Sept. 



This species is very near to A. altus, but its compact pileus, peppery 

 taste and strong odor seem to require its separation. The stem sometimes 

 penetrates the earth quite deeply. 



Agaricus (Clitocybe) subhirtus n. sp. 



Pileus convex or expanded, sometimes slightly depressed, at first tomen- 

 tose-hairy and pale-yellow or buff colored, then nearly glabrous and whitish, 

 the margin incurved ; lamellae close, adnate or decurrent, whitish or pale 

 yellow ; stem subequal, stuffed or hollow, whitish ; spores subglobose, or 

 broadly elliptical, .00025' long. 



Plant l'-3' high, pileus 1-3' broad, stem 2 r -4" thick. 



Ground in woods. Brewerton. Sept. 



The species is apparently related to A. subalutaceus. The pileus becomes 

 smoother and paler with age. The spores sometimes present an irregular 

 form. 



Agaricus (Clitocybe) patuloides n. sp. 



Pileus compact, convex or expanded, glabrous, the cuticle sometimes 

 breaking up into small appressed scales, whitish or pale-yellow, the margin 

 incurved ; lamellae thin, crowded, decurrent and reticulately connected in 

 thin lines ; stem equal, solid, firm, glabrous, whitish ; spores subglobose or 

 broadly elliptical, .00025 -.0003'' long; flesh pure white. 



Plant gregariou* or circinating, 2-4' high, pileus 1-4 broad, stem 4"— 

 10" thick. 



In groves and open woods. Brewerton. Sept. 



The reticulations of the narrowly decurrent lamellae at the top of the stem 

 indicate a relationship with A. patulus, but it appears to be a Clitocybe, not 

 a Tricholoma, and therefore must be distinct. 



