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A G A R IC U S PHLEBOPHORÜS ?
Wrinkled Agaric.
C l a s s a n d O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, i i m — N A T . O r d . FUNGI, Link,
Grev.
S e r i e s II. Div. xiV. C l i t o p i l u s , Fries— S e c t . III . G y m n o p ü s , Fers.
G EN ERIC CHARACTER.
Pileus stipitatus aut latere affixus, subtus lamellis sporuliferis rectis simplicibus.
Volva nulla.
Pileus furnished with a stipes or fixed by its side, having on the under surface
straight, simple, sporuliferous lamell*. Volva none.
s p e c i f i c c h a r a c t e r .
A g a r i c u s p h le b o p h o ru s .? pileo vix subcarnoso, glabro, convexo-explanato, oli-
vaceo-umhrino, venoso-rugoso; stipite subfistuloso, glabro, alhido; lamellis liberis,
albidis, dein carneis.
A g. p ile u s scarcely subcarnose, g lab ro u s, convex, a t le n g th plane, olivaceous
b row n , ru g o se w ith v e in s ; stipes subfistulose, g lab ro u s, w h itis h ; lamella;
free, w h ite , a t le n g th fiesh colour.
A g a r i c u s p h le b o p h o ru s ? Ditmar, in Sturm’s Deutschl. Fl. (FungiJ t. 15__
Nees, Syst. t. 25. f. 202.— Fries, Syst. v. l.p . 200.— Grev. Fl. Edin. p. 385.
A g a r ic u s re tic u la tu s ? With. Bot. Arr. ed. 6. v. 4. p . 350.
H a b . On rotten stumps, of trees, wood, &c. Ju ly to October, rare. On
chips of wood and on saw-dust, in an old saw-pit at F o x h a ll; Captain
W a u c h and D r G r e v i l l e .
Plant somewhat g reg a rio u s , d is tin c t, or a t most tw o or th re e g row in g from
th e same base. Pileus one to n e a r th re e in ch e s in b re a d th , convex, at
le n g th n e a rly p lan e , u n d u la te d a t th e m a rg in , so little fieshy as to be
n e a r ly membrana ceous, y e t w ith a firm substance. Colour y e llow ish or
olivaceous b row n , v a ry in g in in ten s ity . Surface g lab ro u s, ru g o s e w ith
veins in th e d ire c tio n from th e c en tre to th e circum fe renc e, w h ic h veins,
w h e n exaimned, seem to be folds o f th e epidermis. Eamellw r a th e r n u me
ro u s, bro ad , ventricose, free, w h ite , a t le n g th b e com ing rose or flesh-
co lo u red from th e ro se -co lo u red sporules. Stipes 2-4 inches long, 2-5
lines th ic k , somewhat fistulöse, w h itish , m o stly tw isted , eq u al, except
a t th e base, w h ich is o ften th ick en ed , a n d f r e q u e n tly in cu rv ed .