POISONOUS MUSHROOMS. 101 



GREEN SLIMY CAPS. 



Arjaricus (Stropharia) ceruginosus. 



(Plate XIII. Fig. 3.) 



ThePvE is something suspiciously adverse 

 to esculent qualities in the slimy green 

 Agaric above-named. It is common enough 

 in woods amongst grass and dead leaves 

 to be familiar, but it is not attractive. 

 The pileus is usually about two inches 

 broad and convex, covered with a verdigris 

 slime, which is gradually washed away and 

 leaves a pallid colour, which becomes of a 

 warm brown about the apex. A few scaly 

 white patches are at first attached about 

 the margin, but these fall away with the 

 gluten. The stem is rather slender and 

 hollow, whitish, the lower portion scaly, 

 with a distinct collar or ring just above 

 the middle. The gills are of a dull brown, 

 with a tinge of violet, and the spores of 

 a purple-brown. As it is seen growing it 

 is certainly rather handsome, but when 



