C l a s s a n d O h d e e CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, £m«,_NAT. O r d . FUNGI, Link,
Go'ev.
Div. L e u c o s r o r u s , F r i e s .— SECT. III. G y m n o p u s , Pers.
GEN ERIC CHARACTER.
Ptleus stipitatus aut latere affixus, subtus lamellis sporuliferis, rectis, simplicibus.
Volva nulla.
Pileus furnished with a stem or fixed by its side, bearing on the inferior surface,
straight, simple lamellæ (gills) containing sporules. Volva (wrapper)
none.
SPEC IF IC CHARACTER.
A g a r ic u s psittacmus ; e viridi lutescens, viscidus; pileo campanulato, expanso,
humido striato; lamellis adnatis subdistantibus ; stipite oequali lævi,\¥viei).
Ag. green changing to yellow, viscid; pileus campanulate, spreading, striate
when m o is t; lamellæ adnate, Somewhat d is ta n t; stipes equal, smooth.
A g a r ic u s psittacinus, Schæff. Fung. t. 301.—Son. Fung. t. 81.—Pers. Syn.
Fung. p. 335— Alb. et Schmein. p. 172— With. Bot. Arr. ed. 6. v. 4. p. 313.
—Rehl. FI. Cantab, ed. 3. p. 535.—Purt. Midi. FI. v. 2. p. 644. et v. 3.
p. i í 5 .—Schtvein. Fung. Carol. Sup. No. 636.—Grev. FI. Fdin. ined.
A g a r ic u s caméléon. Bull. Champ, p. 561. t. 545. f. ] De Cand. FI. Franç
ed. 3. V. 2. p. 181.— Syn. p. 36.
H y d r o p h o r u s psittacoides, Batt. Fung. Arim. p. 52. t. 2 1 . f. E.
F ungus parvus, to tu s viridis, &c. Mich. Gen. Nov. p. 150.
H a b . Pastures in the autumn very frequent.
Whole Plant green at first,'at length almost entirely yellow, except the summit
of the stipes, which frequently remains green to the last. Pileus
about 1 inch in breadth, conical, becoming somewhat plane and umbo-
nate, or, at least, spreading at the margin, smooth, glutinous, striated
when moist, the edge subentire, often cracking. Flesh thin, yellowish.
Lamellæ rather thick and somewhat distant, slightly attached to the
stipes, broadest in the centre, bright yeUow, frequently shaded with
green. Stipes hollow, splitting, very viscid, 2-3 inches high, about 2
hnes thick, sometimes compressed, mostly crooked at the base, green
above, yellow below. The colour of the whole plant varies greatly in
intensity. ■'
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