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Plant scarcely 1' high ; pileus 2" — 4" broad ; stem about* 5" thick. 



Ground under brakes, Pteris aquilina. Lake Pleasant. August. 



This very small Agaric is related by its granular pileus to A. granu- 

 losus, but its small size and different color at once distinguish it. It 

 is apparently very rare, having been found but once. 



Agaeicus ceistatellus, Pk. 

 Little crested Agaric. 



Pileus thin, convex, subumbonate, minutely mealy, especially on the 

 margin, white, the disk slightly tinged with pink; lamellae close, 

 rounded behind, free, white; stem slender, whitish, hollow; spores 

 subelliptical, -0002' long. 



Plant the same size as the last. 



Mossy places in woods. Copake. October. 



This is distinguished from the last species by its white mealy pileus, 

 narrower lamellae and smooth stem. The margin is sometimes ap- 

 pendiculate with the minute fragments of the veil. The annulus is 

 obsolete. The white pileus and pinkish tinge of the disk suggest a 

 resemblance in color to A. cristatus. The species has been detected 

 but once. 



Cuticle of the Pileus Viscid. 



Agaeicus illinitus, Fr. 



White-smeared Agaric. 



Pileus rather thin, soft, at first ovate, then campanulate or expanded, 

 subumbonate, smooth, white, very viscid or glutinous, even or striate 

 on the margin ; lamellae close, free, white ; stem equal or slightly 

 tapering upward, stuffed or hollow, viscid, "white ; spores broadly el- 

 liptical, -0002' long, -00016' broad. 



Plant 2'— 4' high ; pileus 1'— 2-5' broad ; stem 2"— 3' thick. 



Thin or open woods. Adirondack mountains. July to September. 



This is a smooth white species with the stem and pileus clothed with 

 a clear viscid or glutinous veil. The margin of the pileus is often 

 even, but the typical form of the species has it striate. The flesh is 

 soft and white. The species may be distinguished from the viscid 

 white species of Hygrophorus by the free, not adnate nor decurrent, 

 lamellae. 



Agaeicus oblitus, Pk. 

 Smeared Agaric. 

 Pileus fleshy, convex or expanded, subumbonate, smooth or obscurely 

 spotted or scaly from the breaking up of the veil, viscid, alutaceous in- 



