A G A R IC U S RiMosus.
Brown cleft Agaric.
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GENERIC CHARACTER.
Pileus stipitaius mil latere affixus, suhtus lamellis sporiferis, rectis, simplicibus.
Volva nulla.
Pileus furnished with a stipes, or fixed by its side ; bearing, on the under
surface, straight, simple, sporuliferous lamellæ. Volva none.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Agaricus rimosus ; pileo subcarnoso, campanulato, demum subplano, fusco-lu-
tescente, epidermide longitudinaliter rimosa; lamellis subliberis, adnexis; sli-
pite solido, vix stricto, basi subtuberoso, pallido.
Ag. pileus slightly fleshy, campanulate, at length nearly plane, yellowish-
brown, the epidermis splitting into longitudinal clefts ; lamellæ nearly
free, b u t in contact with the stipes ; stipes solid, scarcely straight, somewhat
bulbous, pale.
Agaricus rimosus. Bull. Champ, t. 388. & S89.—Sow. Fung. t. 323.__
Pers. Syn. Fung. p. SIO.— Alb. et Schwein. p. 164— De Cand. Fl. Franç.
ed. 3. V. 2. p. 192.—Ejusd. Syn. p. 39— With. Bot. Arr. ed. 6. v. 4. p. 255.
—Relhan, Fl. Cantab, ed. S. p . 526.— Winch, Bot. Guide, v. 2. p. 84.—Purt.
Midi. Fl. V. 2. p. 635— Grev. Fl. Edin. p. 388— Solimán. Syn. Fung.
Carol. No. 610.
A garicus aurivenius, Batsch. Fung. t. 20. f. I 07.
H ab. Woods, pastures, and waste places, frequent in all parts o f Great Britain.
Autumn.
Plant scattered. Pileus one to near three inches broad, campanulate, at
length nearly plane, umbonate, slightly fleshy, of a rather dry fibrous
substance, yellowish-brown, of different shades, with a sattiny lustre, the
epidermis cracking in numerous longitudinal clefts, and shewing the
whitish colour o f the flesh. Lamellæ numerous, somewhat adhering to
the stipes at their base, pale olivaceous-brown, rather ventricose, their
edges minutely and irregularly crenate. Stipes pale whitish-brown, solid,
2 -4 inches long, 2 -4 lines thick, firm, fibrillose upwards, more or
less tuberous at the base, rarely quite straight. According to F ries, the
summit is farinaceous. Sporules oval.
V O I „ 111.