PURPLE-BROWN-SPORED AGARICS. 



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STROPHARIA Fr. 



The genus Stropharia has purple-brown spores, the gills are 

 attached to the stem, and the veil forms a ring on the stem. 



Stropharia semiglobata Batsch. This species is rather common 

 and widely distributed, occurring in grassy places recently manured, 

 or on dung. The plants are scattered or clustered, rarely two or 



Figure 30. Stropharia semiglobata (natural size). Cap and stem light 

 yellow, viscid ; gills brownish-purple. Copyright. 



three joined at the base. They are 5-12 cm. high, the cap 1-3 cm. 

 broad, and the stems 2-4 mm. in thickness. The entire plant is 

 light yellow, and viscid when moist, the gills becoming purplish 

 brown, or nearly black. Stevenson says it is regarded as 

 poisonous. 



