Arm Maria imper ia l is Fr. ? A form near this or A. ponder osa Pk. has 
been sent from Maine. It is dull whitish, very large, thick, and heavy, 
and, before the outer veil breaks, resembling a tall puff ball. It has a 
double veil. More specimens are requested. 
Hypkolo?na perplexum Pk. Pileus fleshy, convex then expanded* 
smooth, disk reddish paling to yellow near the margin ; gills rounded near 
stem, from which they easily separate, pale yellow, then greenish, then 
purple brown as the spores ripen; stem hollow, yellowish, reddish below, 
fibrillose; flesh white; spores purplish brown. Taste mild. Singly or 
in dense clusters. E. 
LEPIOTA, which has white spores, free gills, a universal veil, and a 
ring. 
A. procera Scop. Brown, scurfy, strongly umbonate ; ring movable; 
stem long, bulbous ; smells nutty when old. Fields and woods. “The 
Parasol.” E. 
A. Americana Pk. Resembles somewhat the “Parasol,” but is shorter, 
more fleshy, and of a red brown; stem enlarged near the base; ring 
flabby, often wanting. When bruised and wilted the flesh turns reddish. 
In grass land, generally in quantity where it occurs at all. E. 
A. acutesquamosa Wein. A large, but not tall, brown species, known 
by the numerous erect pointed scales on the cap. 
A. rachodes Vitt. Large, fleshy, rather short stemmed, with a dark or 
bay brown pileus, the surface of which breaks up into polygonal scales; 
plant globose at first; stem stout; ring large, movable, scaly beneath. 
Wounds become reddish. E. 
A. excoriata Schaeff. Large, similar to the last, but lighter in color 
and with looser scales, more or less peeled at the margin ; ring movable; 
flesh unchangeable. E. 
A. cristata A & S. Small, i'-2 / high; pileus at first reddish brown, 
then white with brownish scales, and a central crest; stem hollow, 
whitish ; ring small, white. In grassy places. 
A. rubrotincta Pk. Similar to the last, but often pinkish, or reddish, 
and without the crest; ring well developed, persistent. Open places and 
greenhouses. 
A. cepaestipes Sow. Pileus thin, expanded, covered with more or less 
mealy scales, which easily come off; stem tapering upward, enlarged 
near the base like the flowering stem of an onion, whence the name; ring 
thin. The color varies from brownish or yellowish to pure white. E. 
A. naucinoides Pk. White, smooth, not shining; gills turning dull 
pinkish or soiled looking soon after picking or when old; stem generally 
thickened at the base; ring persistent, white. E. 
A. mastoidea Fr. Rather small, with a thin-fleshed, broadly expanded, 
markedly umbonate pileus, which is fuscous and scaly ; stem tapering 
from the base and sunk in the cap ; ring entire, movable. 
A. granulosa Batsch. Small, i' — 2 ; high, rough with granular scales, 
rusty or reddish yellow; gills not quite free; stem granular below the 
slight ring. 
A. illinita Fr. White, viscid, smooth ; much like a white Hygrophorus , 
but the gills are free. 
A. licmophora B & Br. Lemon-yellow, very delicate, small, but tall in 
proportion, pileus deeply furrowed. 
See further Synopsis by C. H. Peck in 35th Report of the N. Y. State 
Museum. 
HOLLIS WEBSTER, Secretary. 
Cambridge, Sept. 8, 1897. 
