: Pea iis from the original fepioalet form that oe have received di 
_ tinguishing names and are called varieties. The following are. th ez 
s ~ principal ones. 7 
_-~*Var. albus. White variety. Pileus smooth or slightly silky-Abrile 4 
.. aie, white or whitish, stem short. ; 
This is our most common variety. It occurs in unfrequented streets, 
rae csi places, cultivated grounds and especially in rich pastures where 
ie the grass is kept short. It usually appears in August and Sepeatem gn 
‘a but sometimes in warm, wet weather it is found early‘in the season. = 
: A very large form with the pileus six or seven inches broad sometimes _ 
_ occurs. 
Var. praticola. Meadow variety. (A. praticola, Vitt.) (A. pratensis, 
Handbook.)  Pileus adorned with reddish scales, flesh somewhat. 
tinged with pink. This variety must be uncommon with us. I haye | 
A seen no examples of it, nor of the three following varieties : 
-‘Var. umbrinus. Brown variety. ileus smooth, brown; stem 
 stont and minutely scaly. ra 
--—*Var. rufescens. Reddish variety. Pileus reddish, minutely scaly; 
2 lamelle at first white; stem elongated; flesh turning bright red when — cK , 
cut or bruised. This departs so decidedly from the ordinary charac- 
a ters of the type, especially in the white color of the young lamella a 
that it seems to merit separation as a distinct species. athe 
__. Var. villaticus. Villa variety. (A. villaticus, Brond.) Plant pets a 
pileus scaly; stem scaly, coated or subvolvate by the inferior veil. — 
In the Handbook of British Fungi this is placed as a variety of A. ar-— 
__vensis, but most authors regard it as a variety of A. campestris. ; 
iz Var, hortensis. Garden variety. Pileus brownish or ochrey-brown, — : 
bearing hairy fibrils or minute scales. This is often cultivated and i is : 
occasionally exposed for sale in the markets of Albany. 
Var. Buchanani, Buchanan’s variety. Pileus white, smooth, de- 
_ pressed in the center, the margin naked; stem stout; annulus thin, ts 
_ Jacerated. A rare variety sometimes occurring in mushroom beds. 
Var. elongatus. Long-stem variety, Pileus smail, smooth, convex, 
_ the margin adorned with the adherent remains of the lacerated veil ; 5 
stem long, slender, slightly thickened toward the base; annulus io 
ay Bight or evanescent. ‘This is also a variety of mushroom bed 
Var. vaporarius, Green- house variety. Ne vaporarius, ae Pileus 
coming Be eecscly scaly. Conservatories, cellars, ete. 
greatly from Var. hortensis. 
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