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emarginate, white ; stem stout, smooth, hollow, white ; 

 spores subglobose, . 00018'- . 0002' in diameter. 

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



Ground in woods. Forestburgh, Sullivan county. Sept. 



When cut, the flesh has a farinaceous odor. The plant 

 sometimes grows in tufts. In size and general character it 

 is related to A. mrescens. 



Agaeicus eosellus Fr. 



Hemlock woods. Forestburgh. Sept. 



Agaeicus (Mycena) ateoalboides n. sp. 



Pileus campanulate, obtuse or subumbonate, striate on 

 the margin ; at first blackish-brown with a slight pruinosity, 

 then fading to cinereous on the margin ; lamellae close, narrow 

 ascending, uncinate with a decurrrent tooth, white or cine- 

 reous ; stem long, smooth, equal, colored like the pileus, 

 villous at the base ; spores with a slight apiculus at one end, 

 elliptical, .0003' long. 



Plant 3'-4' high, pileus 4"-6" broad, stem .5"-l" thick. 



Wet places among mosses in woods. Forestburgh. Sept. 



The stem in the younger plants is darker toward the top. 



The lamellse are not free, and the stem is not thickened at 

 the base as in A. atroalbus. 



There is a slender variety in which the umbo becomes 

 whitish in drying. 



Agaeicus (Mycena) constats n. sp. 



Pileus submembranaceous, campanulate or convex, 

 striate, pale-cinereous ; lamellse close, ascending, uncinate, 

 white ; stem slender, equal, smooth, colored like the pileus, 

 with hairy filaments at the base ; odor alkaline. 

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



Among mosses in woods. Forestburgh. Sept. 



In general appearance it bears some resemblance to small 

 forms of A. vulgaris, but it is easily separated by its dry 

 stem and its odor of hartshorn which is very distinct when 

 the plant is first gathered. 



Agaeicus (Mycena) delectabilis n. sp. 



White ; pileus thin, conical, subacute, striate ; lamellse 

 dose, arcuate-decurrent ; stem slender, equal, smooth, with 

 hairy filaments at the base ; odor alkaline. 



