404 FUNGUS-FLOKA. 



adhering to the margin of the pileus, as in species of 

 Hypholoma. Pileus fleshy, at first obtusely campanulate, 

 then convexo-plane, gibbous, 2 in. broad, glabrous, pellicu- 

 lose, rather viscid, yellow then straw-colour, margin thin, 

 deflexed, even. Flesh white. Gills adnato-decurrent, 

 rather crowded, plane, 3 lines broad, soft, very broad behind, 

 pallid then brown from the blackish-brown spores. (Fries.) 



Stropharia stercoraria. Fr. 



Pileus about 1 in. across, sometimes more, rather fleshy, 

 hemispherical then expanded, even, glabrous, discoid, yellow ; 

 gills broadly adnate, with a decurrent tooth, 4 lines broad, 

 whitish then umber or blackish-olive, sometimes brownish- 

 purple ; stem 45 in. long, 2 lines thick, equal, stuffed with 

 a distinct pith, flocculose below the distant imperfect ring, 

 rather viscid, whitish with a yellow tinge ; spores elliptical, 

 18-20 x 8-10 fj.. 



Agaricus (Stropharia) stercorarius, Fries, Syst. Myc. i. 

 p. 291 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 200 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 538. 



On dung. Closely resembling Stropharia semiglobata, but 

 usually larger, and distinguished more especially by the 

 distinct pith in the stem, by the portion of stem below the 

 ring being at first flocculose, and by the much larger spores. 



On dry dung. Stem stuffed with a distinct fibrous cord, 

 3 in. long and more, 2-3 lines thick, equal, clothed-up to the 

 viscid, narrow, somewhat spreading ring which is situated 

 about 1 in. from the pileus with the flocculose and viscid 

 veil, so that it appears smooth ; yellow, silky- viscid 

 when moist, when dry truly even, shining, yellowish white, 

 without an evident veil. Pileus fleshy, thin at the margin, 

 hemispherical then expanded, obtuse, orbicular, 1 in. across, 

 with a viscid pellicle, naked, glabrous, even, or at length 

 with the margin slightly striate, yellow. Gills adnate, 

 very broad behind, 2 lines broad, rather crowded, umber- 

 brown or olive-brown, of one colour, quite entire. (Fries.) 



Stropharia semiglobata. Batsch. (fig. 17, p. 351.) 



Pileus in. across, persistently hemispherical, even, 



viscid, pale yellow ; gills broadly adnate, 45 lines broad 



plane, greyish, clouded with black; stem 3-5 in. high, 1-1 1 



line thick, equal, glabrous, viscid, yellowish ; ring imperfe " 



