Brown-spored Series 



Cap or Pileus Creamy, with brownish spots. Firm, surface dry. 



Mature specimens frequently have the surface or the cap 



broken into large, brownish scales. 3^ inches broad. 

 Gills or Lamella Whitish, then pink, becoming dark brown. 



Narrow, close, unequal. 



Stem or Stipe Fleshy, solid, short, thick. 2 inches long. 

 Ring or Annulus Double. 

 Spores Brown. 

 Flesh Firm, whito, assuming a pinkish or salmon tint. When 



cut, agreeable nutty flavour. 

 Time May to July. 

 Habitat Grassy grounds, crevices of unused pavements. The 



specimen photo- 



graphed was 



found growing in 



a cluster between 



broken stone in 



the gutter of a 



village street in 



New Jersey. 



Agaricus ab- 

 ruptus (Edible) 



(SEE PLATE FACING P. 79) 

 Cap or Pileus Creamy 



white, dry, and 



silky. Irregular 



in shape when 



young. Yellow 



when bruised. 

 Gills or Lamellae 



Slightly pinkish 



when the veil 



first breaks; 



deeper pink in 



mature speci- 

 mens, becoming 



brownish. Soft, 



free from the 



stem, crowded, 



unequal. 

 Stem or Stipe Creamy 



white, deeper 



cream, or brown- 

 ish near the base. 



Hollow, stiff, 



brittle, sometimes Section of A. abmptut 



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