solely on the description in Fries’ and that too without access to the plate of 
Viviani. I fail to i-ee the application of “exserta” if ours be the plant. The 
feature of the plant is toe red spots that appear on the pileus when bruised. 
There ar^ two other species reported from this country, haemorrhoidaria and 
maritima, the flesh of which turn red when bruised, but our plant can be 
neither of these. 
Synopsis and notes on species of PsalI iota recorded from this country. 
58— Psalliota achimenes, described fifty years ago from dried specimens 
and not r j cognized since. Very similar t > the plant we now know as 
placomyces. but pileus said to be “studded with warty excrescences.” 
59— Psalliota argentea, a small species, described from dried specimens 
having pileus “grayish white or grayish brown, shining with a silvery luster 
when dry ” (See Bull. Torr. Club, 1899, page 88). 
60— Psalliota amygdalina, listed by Curtis, never described. 
61— Psalliota arvensis, the “horse mushroom” of England. A large 
white or yellowish, smooth species with a large radiating split ring (see Steven¬ 
son, page 305). Frequently recorded and rather common in the East, but I 
have never seen it, although it was “identified” among some dried specimens 
sent Berkeley from Cincinnati. 
62— Psalliota bulbosa, a large pale yellow species, described from Cali¬ 
fornia. Very suggestive of “arvensis.” 
63— Psalliota Californica, described from dried specimens from California 
(see Bull. Torr. Club, Vol. 22, page 203). 
Psalliota campestris (see No. 51 preceding). 
Psalliota comptula (see No. 56 preceding). 
64— Psalliota cretacea. Recorded by Curtis, Harkness and Peck only in 
his earliest reports (omitted from Peck’s later reviews). Determinations 
probably based on silvicola (which see). 
65— Psalliota diminutiva, a small species, very close to comptula, de¬ 
scribed by Prof. Peck, but having reddish or brownish hues (see 36th Rep., 
page 49). 
66— Psalliota echinata, a small European species (see Stevenson, page 
308), recorded only by Schweinitz, “rare in green houses,” North Carolina. 
67— Psalliota elvensis. a European species (see Stevenson, page 304), re¬ 
corded on very doubtful authority. 
Psalliota exserta, doubtfully determined (see No. 57 preceeding). 
68— Psalliota fabacea, described by Berkeley (see Lea’s Catalogue), from 
dried specimens as having a viscid pileus. Very common in early days, judging 
from the fact that Berkeley recognized it in three collections (from Sprague. 
Lea and Curtis). Not recogniztd last fifty years, probably due, we think, to it 
having been misdescribed “ with a viscid, pileus. ” 
69 - Psalliota feederata, described forty years ago, from dried specimens 
not recorded since. Probably based, we think, on the plant we now know as 
comptula, but said to have “striate margin” (who knows a striate Psalliota?) 
and pileus granular with white squamules (who knows a granular Psalliota?). 
70— Psalliota hamiorrhoidaria. (See Cooke’s illustration and Steven¬ 
son, page 307). This European species called the “bleeding mushroom,” from 
the flesh turning red, is a large scaly species and rare in this country, being 
recorded only by Clem<-nts (Nebraska) and Peck (45th Rep.). 
71— Psalliota magnifica, a large species, described from dried specimens 
from Pennsylvania (See Bull. Torr. Club, 1899, page 68). 
72— Psalliota maritima, a species with “maritime habits.’ The flesh oi 
the pileus turns red when bruised (See Bull. Torr. Club, 1899, page 66). 
Psalliota placomyces (See No. 53 preceding). 
73— Psalliota Rodmani, a smooth, white species, resembling “campestris 
in size nad general appearance but distinct in its narrow gills, solid stipe, 
globose spores and peculiar collar (See 48th Rep., plate 9). 
Psalliota silvatica (See No. 54 preceding). 
Psalliota silvicola (See No. 55 preceding). 
74— Psalliota subrufescens, a rare species in wild state (only once met 
with by Prof. Peck) but found abundantly in a green house by Win. Falconer 
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