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176 AGARICACEÆ Stropharia
Most of the species are epiphytal, some grow on the ground.
Stropharia agrees in structure with Armillaria and Pholiota.
Species 802—820
a. Viscipelles. Pileus with an even or scaly, u s u a l l v viscid
pellicle.
Not usually growing on dung. 802—810
Growing on dung ; annulus often imperfect. 811 814
b. Spintrigeroe. Pileus without a pellicle, innato-fibrillose not
viscid. 8 1 5 -8 2 0
a. Viscipelles.
802. S. æruginosa Quél, (from its verdigris colour ; mrugo, verdigris)
P. expanded, subumbonate, brownish-yellow, covered with transparent
blue gluten, clad with white scales ; marg. appendiculate
with V. S t hollow, white scaly and viscid below A., blue or
verdigris, often furnished with stringy root-like growths
G. purple.
Sometimes cæspitose. Odour strong of rancid ointment. Woods, meadows
damp thatch, wood, stumps, hazel, amongst stones; common. July-Nov’.
35 X 4^ X ^ in.
802a. S. squamulosa Mass. (from the small scales of the pileus •
squama, a scale) ’
P. soon plane, dry, silky, deep verdigris-green with darker
innate, floccose squamules; mid. yellow-orange; marg. white
with veil. St. at length hollow, paler than P., white at base
A. fragmentary m the form of large hard white sq. at apex.
G. crowded, brown, with a vinous tinge. Flesh white in P
pale verdigris in St. ’’
Amongst stones, Ripon. Sept. 1S95. 2f x 2j x f in.
803. S. alboeyanea Quél, (from its colours ; albus, white, cyaneus
blue) abc . ^ j 7
p . plane or subumbonate, bright blue or verdigris from the
gluten, becoming dull yellowish or white. S t hollow not
viscid, white. A. fibrillose, purple. G. fuscous - salmon.
Fles/i white, pale verdigris-green or pale blue.
^ T ep t-N o r '^ iJ °x 3f x T “n“ ’ ^“ 21 uncommon.
804. S. inuneta Quél, (from the besmeared pileus; inungo, to
besmear) abc . ' * >
ri. convex, subumbonate, light yellowish or brownish, slate-purple
from the gluten. S t fistulose, not viscid, white. A. fibrillose
G. adnate, dull fuscous-purple. Flesh white.
Greprious, sometimes cæspitose. Taste and odour like radishes, but
disagreeable. Rich pastures, graveyards, lawns, stumps, sticks. Sept.-
■ • o“*'” l«”densts Sacc., P. convex, expanded ; St.
f f l t p p p y l t e n s t s Sacc., P. convex, plane, umbonate ; St. hollow.
Var. pallida W. G. Sm., Agaricus inuncius Fr., var. pallidus B & Br
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805. S. eoronilla Quél, (from a fancied resemblance to a crown in
the whitish-floccose margin of the pileus ; corona, a crown) a b.
P. convexo-expanded, obtuse, light yellow; mid. sub- or wholly-
vinous. St. stuffed, fibrillose, white. G. crowded, vinous-
brownish.
Waysides, parks.
May-Oct. i j X 4 X J in. Perhaps the same as 807.
Quél, (from the stuffed stem; obturo, to stuff)
806. S. obturata
abc.
P. very fleshy, convex, obtuse, often rimoso-squamulose, pale
ochreous; mid. shaded sienna. St. not scaly, white, with a
membranous collapsing A. G. crowded, dull purplish-brown.
On the ground, amongst grass ; rare. Sept.-Oct. iJ x I# X A in
Might be mistaken for 792.
8 0 7 ..S. melasperma Quél, (from the blackish spores; Gr. melas,
black, sperma, a seed) a c. ’
P . expanded, biscuit-colour or pale buff, or white with a yellowish
marg. St. hollow, white. G. rounded, ventricose, purplish,
then deep purple-brown. Flesh white, yellowish in St.
Meadows and borders of thickets; rare. Au^.-Oct.
Might be mistaken for 792. “
808. s. squamosa Quél, (from the scaly pileus ; squama, a scale) a i f.
ri. expanded, obtuse, ochreous or brownish; mid. darker, clad
with small whitish or brown scales. St. hollow, viscid-scaly
below distant A., pallid above, sienna below. G. rounded-
adnate, blackish, with a whitish edge.
Woods, fields, amongst chips, sometimes from interior of beech-nuts. Sept.-
Nov. 2^ X 5f X in. Var. thrausta Mass. P. soon glabrous, more
slender than type. Var. mirantiaca Mass. P. orange or brick-red.
809. S. Pereevalli Sacc. (after Cecil H. Spencer Percival) abc.
P. expanded, subumbonate, warm brown-ochreous ; marg.
appendiculate with floccose white V. St. hollow, attenuate
upwards, fusiform-rooting, pallid above, pale brownish and
squarrose below distant A. G. distant, pallid umber.
Sawdust, rotten wood. Nov 2 j X 3S X | in. Possibly the same as
S depilata Karst, but that has a solid stem. Might be mistaken for a
Flammula. Allied to 808.
810. S. Worthingtonii Sacc. (after Worthington G. Smith) a b.
P. hemispherico-conical, smooth, golden-yellow. St. fistulose
cobalt, or turquoise-blue. A. imperfect. G. adnato-ascending)
palhd brown. Flesh pale sulphur-yellow in P,, pale bright blue
■ in St.
Pastures, woods. Nov.-Dee. 4 X 2| X A «•
811. S. luteonitens Quél, (from the shining yellow pileus • luteus
yellow, nitens, shining) a. ’ ’
P. expanded, umbonate, sometimes whitish, with a few small
sienna scales. St. hollow, even, pruinose above distant A.,
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