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AG ARICUS FASCICULARIS.
Common tufted Agaric.
C la s s a n d O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, ü t o — N a t . O r d . FUNGI, Link.
GENERIC c h a r a c t e r .
Pileus stipitatus aut latere affixus, subtus lamellis rectis simplicibus sporidiferis.
Volva nulla.
Pileus furnished with a stipes, or fixed by its side : bearing on the under
surface, straight, simple, sporidiferous lamellæ. Volva none.
s p e c i f ic c h a r a c t e r .
A g a r ic u s f a s c i c u l a r i s ; pileo subcarnoso, umbanato, ochraceo, lamellis adnatis
virescenlibus : stipite tenui,Jirmo, cavo, cortina nigrescente, evanescente.
Ag. pileus somewhat fleshy, umbonate, ochraceous, lamellæ adnate, becoming
green, th e stipes slender, firm, hollow, cu rta in a t le n g th black,
vanishing.
A g a r ic u s fascicularis, Huds. FI. Angl. p. 615.—Bolt. Fung, t 29,—Som.
Fung. t. 285.—Pers. Comm. p. I 9.—Syn. Fung. p. 421.—With. Bot. Arr.
V. 4. p. S27.— Alb. et Schm. p. 206.— Belh. FI. Cant. p. 536.— Schmein.
Fung. Carol. No. 725.— Purt. Midi. Ft. v. 2. p. 645.— Fries, Syst. Myc.
V. 1. p. 288.—Nees, Syst. t. 24. f. I98.—Gtct. FI. Edin. p. 392.
A g a r ic u s pulverulentus. Bull. Champ, t. 178.— De Cand. FL Franç. v. 2.
p. 155.—Ejusd. Syn. p. 31.
A g a r ic u s lucidus, Otto, Ag. p. 35. fid e Fries.
A g a r ic u s l a t e r i t iu s , Schoeff. Fung. t . 49. excl. fig . 6.
H a b . Plentiful at the roots of old trees, bottom of gate-posts, & c. Spring
to autumn.
Tufted, Pileus 1-2 Inches broad, plano-convex, somewhat umbonate, glabrous,
extremely thin at the margin, of a yellowish, reddish-buff or
brownish-orange colour. Lamellæ numerous, mostly eight in a series,
rather narrow, adnate, yellowish at first, afterwards greenish, and
mottled with the sporidia. Stipes slender, cylindrical, equal, firm, hollow,
o f a yellow colour, 2-9 inches in length, and 2-3 lines in thickness.
Veil a delicate curtain, becoming blackish, b u t mostly so evanescent as
to leave only a stain upon the stipes. Taste intensely bitter.
One of the common Agarics, abounding at the base of old
trees, and gate-posts iu a state of decay, and similar situations.
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