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complete ; gills attenuated, fixed, -^hitisli flesh-colour, then 

 brownish purple. — Fr. Epicr. p. 219. Pers. M. E. t. 29,/. 2, 3. 

 Ann. N.H. no. 793. 



In meadows and on dung. Oct. Nov. 



Resembling A. ceruginosus, but more delicate and softer. Both sometimea 

 occur together. It may possibly be only a variety. Stem about 2 in. long. 

 Spores a different shade of colour from the last ; •0002" X "00017 in. 



397. Agaricus (Stropharia) obtuzatus. Er. "Compact 



Stropbaria." 



Pileus rather compact, convex, then plane, obtuse, somewhat 

 dry, at length cracked or squamulose ; stem stuffed, short, some- 

 what attenuated downwards, white, as well as the tumid ring ; 

 gills adnate, plane, white, becoming purplish-umber. — Fr.S.M.p. 

 285. Epicr. p. 219. Mon. Hym. i.2?.412. Paul. t. 101./. 6. 5z5. 



On the ground. Gomshall. [W. G. S., etc.] 



Stem firm, short, 1-1|- in. long, 3 lin. and more thick, even, not squamose, 

 white ; ring superior, deflexed, white. Pileus fleshy, slightly viscid, usually 

 dry, yellow; flesh compact, white ; gills crowded. 



398. Agaricus (Stropharia) xnelaspermus. ^?/ZZ. "Black 



Spored Stropbaria." 



Pileus fleshy, convexo-plane, obtuse, soft, even, smooth, rather 

 viscid ; stem hollow, equal, smooth, white, as also the mem- 

 branaceous ring ; gills slightly adnexed, ventricose, crowded, 

 pallid, then violet-black. — Fr. Epicr. p. 219. Bull. t. 510,/. 1. 

 SchcEff. t. 51. Berk. Outl. p. 168. 



In meadows and woods. Rare. 



Somewhat resembling ^4. »7"C£coj::, but with different coloured spores and 

 fp.ns.—M.J.B. 



399. Agaricus CStropharia) squaxnosus. Er. " Scaly 



Stropbaria." 



Pileus fleshy, thin, convexo-plane, subviscid, sprinkled with 

 superficial concentric scales ; stem subfistulose, slender, below the 

 distant ring villoso-squamose ; gills adnate, crowded, blackish, 

 with a whitish edge. — Fr. Epicr. p. 220. El. Dan. t. 2011 ^f. 1, 

 2. Berk. Outl. t. 10,/ 6. Eng. El. v. p. 31*. 



In woods. 



Pileus 1 in, or more broad, at length nearly plane, obtuse, slightly viscid, 

 shining when dry, ocbre tinged with red-lead, cloth d with concentric, 

 yellowish, scattered scales ; gills broad, clouded with olive-black or purplish- 

 brown ^ stem 3 in. or more high, 2 lines thick, with a white pitu, at length 



