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HI parated from the flesh of the pileus as represented at Fig. 2. Stipes solid,
rarely straight, 1-2 inches long, 3 -8 lines thick or more, whitish, atte-
nuated towards the base.
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A common species, but not very generally understood, if we
• ™ay judge from the number of names it has received. Its characters
are, however, tolerably constant, especially the short
stipes attenuated downwards, the thick and distant lamellte,
which are almost always wrinkled at their base. This species
IS also subject to frequent irregularities in form, and even distortions,
which farther contribute to characterise it. I f two
plants happen to be in contact, they often grow into each, and
become confluent.
By dividing the lamellce transversely, it will be perceived
that they are separable in a body from the flesh of the pileus
and sometimes may be partly unfolded, as in Agaricus conti-
guus. This is by no means a common property.
Fig^l. A section o f a plant. Fig. 2. Lamelke and pileus divided transversely.
Fig. S. S p om le s.-T ig ,. 2. & 3. magnified. All the other figures represL
the plant m different states and forms.
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