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8. Agakicus russuloides, Peck. 33d N. Y. Rep., p. 43. 
Pileus ovate, then convex or expanded, viscid, soon smooth, pale 
yellow or straw-color, the margin striate-tuberculate; stipe stuffed, 
nearly equal, bulbous; volva fragile, somewhat oppressed ; annulus thin, 
subevanescent; lamellae free, white, spores broadly elliptic, .010 millim. 
long. In open grassy woods; rare. New York, Peck. Pileus H—2inches 
broad, stipe 2—3 inches long. The bulb is ovate and the volva fragile and 
easily broken into fragments. It is remarkable for the broad, striate 
margin of the pileus. 
9. Agakicus muscarius, Linn. Fries, Ilym. Eur., p. 20 ; Peck. 
33d N. Y. Rep., p. 43 ; Stevenson, B. F., Vol. I, p. 5; Cooke, Illust. pi. 
117; I have never seen our plant this color. 
Pileus convexo-expanded, the margin striate, the flesh beneath the 
viscid cuticle yellowish; stipe cobwebby within, soon hollow; volva 
adnate, concentrically scaly-marginate, the base ovate-bulbous ; lamellae 
reaching the stipe and striate-decurrent; spores elliptic, .008—.010 millim. 
long. In open woods ; common. From New England and New York to 
Carolina, west to Ohio and Minnesota. It is not found on the Pacific 
coast. Pileus 3—G inches in diameter, the stipe 4—8 inches long. The 
color of the pileus varies from orange through yellow to white. The 
lamellae are white, sometimes with a yellowish tint. It can always be 
distinguished by the scaly-margined bulbous base of the stipe. The plant 
is a highly narcotic violent poison, producing delirium and death. 
10. Agakicus Frostianus. Peck. 33d N. Y. Rep., p. 44. There is 
a figure of this species in our herbarium. 
Pileus convex or expanded, bright orange or yellow, ihe margin 
striate ; stipe stuffed, white or yellow, bulbous at the base, the bulb 
slightly margined by the volva ; lamellae free, white or tinged with yellow: 
spores globose, .008—.010 millim. in diameter. In hemlock woods. New 
England, Frost, under A. affinis; New York, Peck. Pileus 1—2 inches 
in diameter, stipe 2—3 inches long. It looks like a small form of the 
Fly Agaric. 
11. Agakicus pantherinus, DC. Fries, Ilym. Eur.. p. 21. Steven¬ 
son, B. F., Vol. I, p. 6; Cooke, Illust. pi. G. 
Pileus convexo-expanded, the margin striate, the flesh beneath the 
viscid cuticle white ; stipe stuffed, then hollow, nearly glabrous, the base 
ochreate by the separable volva, which has an entire and obtuse margin : 
lamellae attenuate, free; spores elliptic, .007—.008 millim. long. In 
woods and pastures everywhere. Pileus 4—6 inches in diameter, stipe 
.5—7 inches long. Pileus white or brownish, never yellow or red. The 
annulus is commonly midway of the stipe or distant from its apex : it is 
often deflexed. 
12. Agakicus excelsus. Fries. Ilym. Eur., p. 21. Stevenson, B. 
F., Vol. I, p. G ; Cooke, Illust. pi. 7. 
Pileus convexo-explanate, soft, fragile, scrupose, innate-fibrillose. 
covered with mealy, easily seceding warts; flesh white; stipe stuffed, 
cylindric. scaly below, immarginate-bulbous : the annulus seceding-free: 
