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CCII. AGARICUS ftipitatus, pileo conico olhaceo-fufco, margine re- 

 pfeudo- volutojlriaio pallefco, lamellis trifidis pallidus, Jiipite gracili 



dyp.atus. fijlulofi. 



FALSE SHIELD AGARIC. 



TAB. CLIV. 



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HE root adheres to putrid wood, without viable fibres ; it- 

 produces plants fingle or in clufters. 



The ftem is fmall, of a dufky colour, fiflular, and tough, 

 eafily rending in fine filaments or fibres ; there is no curtain. 



The gills are in three feries, white while the plant is young, 

 turning brown with age; they are tough, flexible, and remote. 



The pileus is cone-fhaped while the plant is young, when full 

 crown the rim becomes ftriated, and rolls upwards ; the colour is 

 a duiky olive, dark near the fummit, paler near the margin ; the 

 plant withers in decay. 



Grows on the decaying flumps of fallen trees. I faw it in 

 October, 1790, on old flumps near Lee-Bridge ; and again this 

 prefent year, 1 791 , befide the little rivulet at Burks-Hall. I 

 think it has not before been figured or defcribed. 



