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Mycologia 
the plant is distinct, it must have another name, selected from 
such synonyms as Agaricus Ceciliae B. & Br., or Agaricus inau- 
ratiis Seer. In America, it is reported from New England to 
Alabama and west to Wisconsin. Variations occur all the way 
from the entire sheath of V. plumbea to the extreme form in 
which the volva is broken into small particles and distributed on 
the surface of the cap. I will admit that this extremely friable 
form of the volva is puzzling, but, after all, it is difficult to sepa- 
rate it specifically from the livid form of V. plumbea. Lucand 
has figured a specimen of V. plumbea in his group of A. strangn- 
lata. Did he get the plants mixed, or is this another indication 
that they are not distinct species? 
New York Botanical Garden. 
