PLANTS OF MONROE COUNTY. Ill 



Series IV.— Porphyrospor.e (Pratelli). Gr. — purple. 

 Agaricus. 



a Greek name for fungi, said to be derived from 

 tin' name of a town, Agara. 



197. Agaricus campester Linn. — campus, a field. The common pasture 



mushroom; fields, orchards, roadsides, edible. 



198. A. riiniiiiiitivus Pk. (Pk. 1900). Pittsford, Adirondack Mts., edible. 



199. A. Rodmani Pk. (Pk. 1895.). Roadsides, Pittsford, common, edible. 



200. A. magnificus Pk. Roadsides, Pittsford, edible, no1 common. 



201. A. silvicola Vitt. (Pk. 1895). — silva, a wood; colo, to inhabit. Woods 



Pittsford, edible. 

 202.- A. placomyces Pk. (Pk. 1895). Woods, orchards, lawns, common, 

 edible 



203. A. sjivaticus Schaeff. Woods, Forest Lawn; orchards, Sodus, edible. 



204. A. abruptibiilbiis Pk. ( Pk. 1895). (A. silvicola Vitt. A. arvensis var. 



abruptus Pk.) This being the wood cousin of tbe field mushroom is 

 worth notice. It grows very tall with a large bulb at the base of 

 the stem and a large pileus, and from a distance looks like Amanita 

 phalloides. It has the true mushroom flavor. Found in woods in 

 Pittsford, not common. 



Stropharia. 



Gr. — a sword belt (referring to the ring). 



205. Stropharia aeruginosa Curt. — aerugo, verdigris, from the color. Not 



edible. 



Hypholom \. 



Gr. — a web; Gr. — a fringe. 



206. Hypholoma incertum Pk. (Pk. 1895). Lawns, roadsides, common. 



edible. 



207. H. aggregatum sericeum Pk. Same habitat as the last and like it, but 



larger, edible. 



208. H. Perplexum Pk. (Pk. 1X95). Around old stumps, common every- 



where, edible. 



209. H. sublateritium SchaefT. — sub and later, a brick, from the color. 



Same habitat as the last, edible. 



210. H. Boughtoni Pk. (Pk. 1909). A new species discovered by the writer 



in woods at Bushnells Basin. Pileus from two to four inches broad 

 often areolately cracking, pale reddish brown, lamellae unequal 

 purplish brown, seal brown or blackish — stem equal, white or whitish, 

 two to three inches long. Not tested, but Dr. Peck says probably 

 edible. 



