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Mycologia 



characterized it as agreeing with Pluteus, but having black or 

 purplish-brown spores. He mentioned 2 species from Europe, 2 

 from the West Indies, I from Africa, and i from the United 

 States, this last being his Pilosace eximia, which is discussed else- 

 where in the present number of Mycologia. 



According to Harper, our Stropharia epimyces (Peck) Atk. is 

 not distinct from Pilosace algeriensis, but he can not suggest to 

 what group of fungi the species may belong. According to KaufT- 

 man, who retains it in Stropharia, " our plant is not a Pilosace." 

 Fries based his subgenus Pilosace on Agaricus tricholepis, defi- 

 nitely characterized by free gills, and Patouillard subsequently 

 raised it to generic rank. 



New York Botanical Garden. 



