AGARIC US

is a genus of fungi, of the sub-cla Basidiomycetes, which comprises the mushrooms. It contains numerous species, some edible and some poisonous; among the former are A. campestris, the common mushroom; A. pratensis, the fairy ring mushroom; and A. Georgii, a large mushroom, while the latter {ncludes A. muscarius, fly agaric, and A. voiosus. Plants of this genus grow on rocks, heaths, meadows, and decaying vegetable matter over the whole of Europe; A. melleusis most destructive to timber. euchatel, Switzerland. At the age of fourteen he emigrated to the United States with his father, graduated from Harvard in 1855 and studied at the Lawrence Scientific School, obtaining a B. 8. degree there in 1858. Harvard University secured his services as a istant curator of the Museum of ComCeres Zoology from 1860 to 1865. 1873 be became curator, a post he held till 1885. Among his scientific activities were a number of deep sea explorations he undertook for the ably on subjects_ within his scientific field, including List of Hchinoderms; Exploration of Lake Titicaca; Three Cruises of the Blake, a Contribution to American Thala ography.