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edge subcrenulate ; stem solid, equal or slightly tapering upward, white and 

 smooth at the top, elsewhere tomentose, scaly and colored like the pileus ; 

 spores broadly elliptical, .0002' x .00015'. 

 Plant subcaespitose, 2'-4' high, pileus 1-2' broad, stem 2"-4" thick. 



Eotten logs in woods. Catskill Mountains and Eock City. Sep- 

 tember and October. 



Agaricus (Tricholoma) multipunctus, Peck. 



Pileus brittle, broadly convex, sometimes centrally depressed or subumbili- 

 cate, densely dotted with minute brown or blackish scales, yellowish-brown, 

 the disk often darker ; lamellae close, slightly emarginate, yellow, sometimes 

 with a darker edge ; stem subequal, squamulose-punctate, hollow, colored like 

 the pileus ; spores suborbicular, .00016' in diameter. 



Plant subcaespitose, l'-2' high, pileus l'»2' broad, stem 2"-4" thick. 



Eotten logs in woods. Sandlake and Adirondack Mountains. 

 July and August. 



This species is related to Ag. rutilans. 



Agaricus (Tricholoma) lacunosus, Peck. 



Pileus convex or expanded, dry, lacunose, densely furfuraceous, bright 

 golden yellow ; lamellae subdistant, white, the interspaces sometimes veiny ; 

 stem firm, solid, equal or slightly tapering downwards, scaly or f urf uraceous, 

 colored like the pileus. 



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



Fallen branches and decaying wood. Savannah. August, 

 The colors are well retained in the dried specimens. The lacunae 

 of the pileus give it a somewhat reticulated appearance. 



Agaricus (Tricholoma) laterarius, Peck. 



Pileus convex or expanded, sometimes slightly depressed in the center, 

 pruinose, whitish, the disk often tinged with red or brown, the thin margin 

 marked with slight subdistant short radiating ridges ; lamellae narrow, 

 crowded, white, prolonged in little decurrent lines on the stem ; stem nearly 

 equal, solid, white ; spores globose, .00018' in diameter. 



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



Ground in woods. Worcester. July. 



Agaricus (Tricholoma) Limonium, Peck. 



Pileus thin, smooth, yellowish ; lamellae crowded, narrow, not forming 

 decurrent lines on the stem, lemon-yellow ; stem tapering downwards, smooth, 

 striate, rooting. 



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



