Murrill: Agaricaceae of the Pacific Coast 295 



Pileus 2.5-7.5 cm. broad; stem 4-7.5 cm. long, 4-8 mm. thick. 



Type collected by McClatchie under oak trees near Pasadena, 

 California. Said by the author to resemble A. haemorrhoidarius 

 in size, shape, and habitat, but to differ in color and surface 

 adornment. According to Baker, it is abundant and much col- 

 lected for food in pastures and lawns about Stanford University. 



Pasadena, California, McClatchie ; Stanford University, Cali- 

 fornia, Baker 12^, Dudley ijg, Nohara jp; Searsville, Cali- 

 fornia, W. G. Johnston. 



3. Agaricus haemorrhoidarius Fries, Hymen. Eur. 281. 



1872 



Berkeley Camp, California, Harper. The specimens were de- 

 termined as above by Professor Harper when collected. They 

 also agree with plants at Albany so determined by Dr. Peck. 



4. Agaricus silvicola Sacc. Syll. Fung. 5: 998. 1887 



Agaricus campestris silvicola Vitt. Fung. Mang. 43. 1835. 

 Agaricus bulbosus McClatchie, Proc. S. Cal. Acad. Sci. i : 382. 

 1897. 



This species was found commonly in woods. The spores are 

 rather small, measuring 5 X 3-5 i^^- 



Seattle, Washington, Murrill 2^1, 281, 478, 581, Zeller 106; 

 Stanford University, California, McMurphy Jjj, Miss Patter- 

 son 3, 33. 



5. Agaricus placomyces Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 



29: 40. 1878 



Seattle, Washington, Murrill 28 524; Muir Woods, Cali- 

 fornia, Murrill 1130. The specimen from Muir Woods was avel- 

 laneous-umbrinous at the center, becoming blackish on drying, 

 and the stipe below the annulus was prominently marked with 

 close, concentric, irregular ridges. 



6. Agaricus silvaticus Schaeff. Fung. Bav. 62. 1800 



Tacoma, Washington, Murrill 722: surface densely covered 

 with large reddish-brown scales ; spores ellipsoid, 6 X 3-5 



