PLANTS OF NORTH ELBA 



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MELANOSPORAE 

 Agaricus silvaticus Schaeff. 

 Naked ground under spruce trees. Near North Elba postoffice. 

 August. 



Agaricus arvensis abruptus Pk. 



Borders of woods. Raybrook. August. I have not seen the typical 

 form of the species in North Elba, nor any examples of the common 

 mushroom, Agaricus campester L. 



Stropharia semiglobata (Batsch) Fr. 



Dung and manured ground. Common. 



Stropharia siccipes Karst. 

 Horse manure in lumber roads. Connery pond. August. 



Hypholoma perplexum Pk. 



Perplexing hypholoma 

 About stumps in clearings. Common. September. Edible. 



Hypholoma incertum Pk. 



Uncertain hypholoma 



Grassy places. Banks of the Ausable near Wood farm. Edible. 

 June to August. 



Psilocybe foenisecii {Pers.) Fr. 

 Grassy places. Valley of the Ausable. August. 



Psathyra silvatica Pk. 



Mossy ground in woods. Near Newman. September. 



Coprinus stenocoleus LindbL 

 Manure piles. Wood farm. August. 



Coprinus atramentarius silvestris Pk. 



Woods. Lumber road between Raybrook and McKenzie pond. 

 August. I have not seen the typical form of the species in North Elba. 



Coprinus fimetarius (Z.) Fr, 

 Manure heaps. Wood farm. August, 



