﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  STATE 
  BOTANIST, 
  1 
  897 
  3OI 
  

  

  dark 
  as 
  the 
  cap 
  or 
  sometimes 
  even 
  darker. 
  The 
  cap 
  is 
  grayish 
  

   brown 
  or 
  mouse 
  color, 
  sometimes 
  becoming 
  paler 
  or 
  drab 
  on 
  the 
  

   margin. 
  

  

  The 
  gills 
  are 
  white 
  or 
  whitish, 
  free 
  from 
  the 
  stem 
  and 
  broader 
  

   as 
  they 
  approach 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  cap. 
  The 
  intervening 
  short 
  ones 
  

   are 
  truncated 
  at 
  the 
  inner 
  extremity. 
  

  

  The 
  stem 
  is 
  neither 
  bulbous 
  nor 
  distinctly 
  annulate. 
  It 
  is 
  white 
  

   or 
  whitish 
  and 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  mealy 
  or 
  scurfy. 
  It 
  is 
  rather 
  slender 
  and 
  

   sometimes 
  slightly 
  tapering 
  upward. 
  Near 
  the 
  base 
  it 
  is 
  often 
  

   adorned 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  transverse 
  fragments 
  of 
  the 
  wrapper 
  which 
  are 
  

   often 
  so 
  arranged 
  as 
  to 
  resemble 
  an 
  incomplete 
  ring 
  or 
  collar. 
  

   Occasionally 
  two 
  or 
  even 
  three 
  of 
  these 
  imperfect 
  collars 
  are 
  formed. 
  

   Fries 
  represents 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  of 
  the 
  European 
  plant 
  as 
  

   sheathed 
  by 
  a 
  membranaceous 
  wrapper, 
  but 
  such 
  a 
  character 
  is 
  not 
  

   well 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  American 
  plant. 
  Neither 
  does 
  it 
  show 
  the 
  one 
  

   or 
  two 
  swollen 
  nodes 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  stem, 
  as 
  represented 
  in 
  

   the 
  figure 
  in 
  hones. 
  I 
  suspect 
  these 
  discrepancies 
  are 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  

   failure 
  of 
  the 
  artist 
  to 
  represent 
  these 
  characters 
  accurately, 
  for 
  

   Berkeley's 
  figure 
  of 
  Agaricus 
  Ceciliae 
  B. 
  & 
  Br., 
  which 
  Fries^ 
  in 
  Hy- 
  

   mcnomycetes 
  Europaci, 
  places 
  as 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  Agaricus 
  strangidatus, 
  

   well 
  represents 
  our 
  plant. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  well 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  figure 
  of 
  

   Agaricus 
  strangidatus 
  as 
  given 
  by 
  Saunders 
  and 
  Smith. 
  They 
  also 
  

   represent 
  the 
  spores 
  as 
  globose, 
  but 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  they 
  quote 
  the 
  

   •presumably 
  incorrect 
  description 
  of 
  them, 
  which 
  says 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  

   oval, 
  .0006 
  inch 
  long, 
  .00034 
  broad. 
  Saccardo 
  has 
  also 
  admitted 
  this 
  

   description 
  of 
  the 
  spores 
  in 
  Sylloge. 
  We 
  must 
  either 
  suppose 
  this 
  

   description 
  is 
  incorrect 
  or 
  else 
  we 
  must 
  suppose 
  that 
  all 
  recent 
  my- 
  

   cological 
  authors^ 
  including 
  the 
  illustrious 
  Fries 
  himself, 
  have 
  con- 
  

   fused 
  two 
  distinct 
  species. 
  The 
  former 
  supposition 
  seems 
  to 
  us 
  to 
  

   be 
  the 
  more 
  reasonable. 
  If, 
  however, 
  it 
  should 
  ever 
  be 
  shown 
  that 
  

   Agaricus 
  Ceciliae 
  B. 
  & 
  Br. 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  Agaricus 
  straiigulatus 
  

   Fr., 
  then 
  our 
  American 
  plant 
  must 
  bear 
  the 
  name 
  Amanita 
  psis 
  

   Ceciliae 
  (B. 
  &: 
  Br.) 
  instead 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  we 
  have 
  used. 
  

  

  The 
  cap 
  is 
  i 
  J 
  to 
  4 
  in. 
  broad, 
  the 
  stem 
  is 
  3 
  to 
  5 
  in. 
  long 
  and 
  3 
  to 
  6 
  

   lines 
  thick. 
  

  

  