Pileus 2 in., ochraceous (brown when dry), campanulate, ohtuse, with a
broad umbo, fleshy, minutely rivulose, adorned with superficial evanescent
snow-white scales, cuticle not peeling off; stem 3 in., 2-3 liu. thick, cylindrical,
snow-white, pulverulent above, brownish,with silky transverse scales
below; ring superior, deflexed; gills adnate, sending a line down the stem,
hut not truly deourrent, pallid, then brown, transversely striate. Spores
dark brown.—M. J. B.
3 9 4 . Agaaricus (Stropharia) v e r s ic o lo r .
“ Withering’s Stropharia.”
With.
Pilens fleshy, convexo-plane, squamose, scales of the disc
crowded; stem spongy,stuffed, bulbous, whitish,then brownish,
ring persistent ; gills decurrent, pallid, then reddish-brown.—
Fr. Epicr. p. 218. Berh. Outl.p. 167. Eng. F l. r .p . 109.
Pileus greenish brown. Not been found since the time of Withering.
“ Pileus 1-4 in. broad, scurfy especially in the eeutre, convex, at length flat,
but the edge much curled in ; gills deourrent; stem 2 in. high, as thick as a
swan’s quill, thickest downwards.”—With.
3 9 5 . A g a z icu s (Stropharia) æ iu g in o su s . Ourt. “ Livid
Green Stropharia.”
Pileus flesby, convexo-plane, subumbonate, clotbed with
green evanescent slime, becoming paler; stem hollow, equal,
fibrillose or squamose below the ring, tinted witb blue ; gills
adnate, soft, brown, tinged with purple.—Fr. Epicr. p. 218.
Curt. Fl. Bond. t. 309. Sow. t. 261. Krombh. t. S , f . 27, 28, t.
62,f . 11, 14. Schæff. t. 1. B atsch.f. 218. F l. Dan. t. 1248.
Huss. i. t. 35. Eng. F l. v. p. 109, Smith, P. M . f . 25. Price./.
121.
In meadows, &c. Common. [S. Carolina.]
Gregarious ; pileus 1-4 in. broad, convex, thin, expanded, fleshy, dull yellow,
hut covered witli blue gluten, above this, but not always, clothed with
pure white sc /e s ; gills purple-brown, or sometimes umber, plane, or very
slightly ventricose, adnate with a small tooth, margin white, pulverulent;
stem2-3in. high, 3-6 lines thick, penetrating into the soil by strong branched
white fibres, straight or flexuous, sometimes bulbous, scaly ; scales reflexed,
at length more or less smooth, with various tints of blue, green, or yellow,
at first stuffed, then hollow, various in stature, sometimes very short and
thick, mottled longitudinally with blue within, the centre white ; ring in
general fugacious, smell disagreeable.—iff. J . B. Spores '00028 X '0002 in.
There is a variety of this species with the pileus perfectly white from
the first. (PI. V.,fiÿ.2Si.)
3 9 6 . A g a z icu s (Stxophazia) a lbo -cy a .n eu s. “ Blue
and White Stropharia.”
Pileus flesby, tbin, umbonate, even, viscid, greenish, tben
wbitisb ; stem bollow, tbin, flexuose, even, wbitisb ; ring incomplete
; gills attenuated, fixed, wbitisb flesb-colour, tben
brownish purple.—Fr. Epicr. p . 219. Pers. M. E .t.2 9 , f . 2 , 3.
Ann. N.H . no. 793.
In meadows and on dung. Oct. Nov.
Resembling A . oeruginosus, but more delicate and softer. Both sometimes
occur together. I t may possibly be only a variety. Stem about 2 in. long.
Spores a different shade of colour from the last ; '00027 X '00017 in.
3 9 7 . A g a z icu s (Stzophazia) ob tu za tu s. Dr. “ Compact
Stropharia.”
Pileus ratber compact, convex, tben plane, obtuse, somewhat
dry, at length cracked or squamulose ; stem stnffed, short, somewhat
attenuated downwards, wbite, as well as the tumid ring ;
gills adnate, plane, white, becoming purplisb-umber.—Fr. S. M.p.
285. Epicr. p. 219. Mon. Hym. i. 73.412. Paul. t. 101. f . 6.bis.
On the ground. Gomsball. [W . G. S., etc.]
Stem firm, short, 1-lJ in. long, 3 lin. and more thick, even, not squamose,
white ; ring superior, deflexed, white. Pileus fleshy, slightly viscid, usually
dry, yellow ; flesh oompaot, white ; gills crowded.
3 9 8 . A g a z icu s (Stzophazia) m e la sp e zm u s. DiiM. “ Black
Spored Stropharia.”
Pileus flesby, convexo-plane, obtuse, soft, even, smootb, ratber
viscid; stem hollow, equal, smooth, white, as also the membranaceous
ring ; gills slightly adnexed, ventricose, crowded,
pallid, then violet-black.—Fr. Epicr. p. 219. Bull. t. 510, f . 1.
Schoeff. t. 51. Berh. Outl.p. 168.
In meadows and woods. Bare.
Somewhat resembling A . prcecox, but with different coloured spores and
gills.—J i . / .A .
3 9 9 . A g a z icu s ('Stzophazia) sq u am o su s. Fr. “ Scaly
Stropharia.”
Pileus flesby, tbin, convexo-plane, snbvisoid, sprinkled with
superficial concentric scales ; stem subfistulose, slender, below tbe
distant ring villoso-squamose ; gills adnate, crowded, blackish,
witb a whitish edge.—Fr. Epicr. p. 220. Fl. Dan. t. 2017, f . 1,
2. Berh. Outl. t. 10, f . 6 . Eng. F I.y . p. 31*.
In woods.
Pileus 1 in. ox more broad, at length nearly plane, obtuse, slightly viscid,
shining when dry, ochre tinged with red-lead, cloth; d with conceutrio,
yellowish, scattered scales ; gills broad, clouded with olive-black or purplish-
brown; stem 3 in. or more high, 2 lines thick, with a white pith, at length