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so labeled, which does not entirely agree, however, with plants 

 from Europe. Kauffman says the species differs from A. creta- 

 cellus Atk. in its " hollow stem, gills blackish-fuscous at maturity, 

 and pileus at length scaly." I have an idea that it has been con- 

 fused by some with Lepiota naucina. 



Agaricus fabaceus Berk. Lond. Jour. Bot. 6: 314. 1847. De- 

 scribed from Waynesville, Ohio, growing among dead leaves in 

 woods. Reported from South Carolina by Ravenel and from other 

 localities by various collectors. Dr. Farlow suggested it might be 

 the same as A. amygdalinus Curt, and A. subrufescens Peck. 

 Miss Wakefield writes me from Kew as follows : 



" The type from Lea, Ohio, consists of three specimens, in fairly good 

 condition. The pileus is 10 cm. across in the largest, 5 cm. in the smallest, and 

 umbonate. The stalk is somewhat swollen at the base, and 11 cm. long in 

 the large specimen. Gills crowded, dark, either free or adnexed. No ring 

 now present. Spores dark-brown by transmitted light, about 6-7 x 3.5-4 /i." 



Agaricus flavescens (Gill.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 5: 1000. 1887. 

 Two collections so named at Albany are different and rather poorly 

 preserved. A. sylvicola becomes yellowish with age or on drying 

 and may have been confused by some American collectors with 

 A. flavescens. 



Agaricus foederatus Berk. & Mont. Syll. Crypt. 121. 1856.- 

 Described from plants collected in July in a pasture near Colum- 

 bus, Ohio, by Sullivant. The description suggests a species of 

 Stropharia, as Morgan has claimed. There is no specimen at Kew. 



Agaricus xylogenus Mont. Syll. Crypt. 122. 1856. Described 

 from plants collected near Columbus, Ohio, by Sullivant. See 

 notes in Mycologia 6 : 151. 1914, and in N. Am. Fl. 10 : 64. 1914. 



New York Botanical Garden. 



