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A G A R IC U S SEMIGIOBATUS.
Hemispherical glutinous Agaric.
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C la s s a n d O k d e k CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, Linn—N a t . O k d . FUNGI, Link,
S e r i e s V. T r i b . XXXII. P s a l l io t a , Fries.
G EN E R IC CHARACTER.
Pileus stipitatus aut latere affixus, subtus lamellis sporidiferis, rectis, simplicibus.
Vùlva nulla.
Pileus furnished with a stipes, or fixed by its side : bearing on the under
surface straight, simple, sporidiferous lamellae. Volva none.
S PE C IF IC c h a r a c t e r .
A g a r ic u s semiglobatus ; piileo hemisphcerico, Icevi, viscoso, flavo, lamellis liori-
zontaliter adnatis, nigro-nebulosis, stipite Jistuloso, glabro, annulato.
A g. pileus hemispherical, even, glutinous, yellow ; lamellæ fixed horizontally
to the stipes, mottled with black ; stipes hollow, glabrous, furnished
with a ring.
A g a r i c u s s em ig lo b a tu s , Batsch, Fung. p . 141. t. 21 . f. 110.—Sow. Fung.
t. 2 4 8 .— Pers. Syn. Fung. p . 4 0 7 .—Alb. et. Schwein. p . 201.—With. Bot.
Arr. V. 4. p . 330.— Hook, in Fl. Land. ed . 2. cum ic.—Hook. Fl. Scot. Pt. 2.
p . 2 3 .—Belh. Fl. Cantab, p . SS6.— Schwein. Fung. Carol. No. 7 1 0 .—Grev.
Fl. Edin. p . Sgi.—Fries, Syst. Myc. v. 1. p . 3 9 1 .
A g a r ic u s glutinosus, Curt. Fl. Land. v. 1. t. 144.
A g a r ic u s nitens, Bull. Champ, t. 566. f. 4. certe sed non t. 84.
A g a r ic u s p ræ c o x , Schum. Fl. Soell. p . 315.
A g a r i c u s v iro s u s , Sotv. Fung. t. 4 0 7 . £ 3 , 4 , 5. e t t. 40 8 . £ 12, 13, 14. et fo r-
san, £ 2 . 4 .—Purt. Midi. Fl. v. 2. p . 646.
F un g u s m in o r ex a lb id o s u b lu te u s p ile o h e in is p h æ r ic o . Bay, Hist. Fl. v. 2.
p . 97.
H a b . Pastures, meadows and woods, especially on dung or near i t , very
common from May to November.
Solitary or gregarious. Stipes 3-6 inches high, 2 - 3 lines thick, pale yellowish,
hollow, more or less crooked, somewhat incrassated at the base,
firm, glutinous, furnished with a ring, and generally dotted with black
immediately beneath the pileus. Pileus h a lf an inch to one inch and a
ha lf in breadth, exactly hemispherical, rarely becoming in large specimens
plano-convex, yellow or pale reddish-orange, very shining, and
smooth, the flesh thin and white. Lamellæ rather numerous, broad,
fixed, horizontal (extending in a straight line, or nearly so, from the
margin of the pileus to the stipes), beautifully mottled with the purplish-
black sporidia.
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