Stropharia 



AGARICACE/E 



175 



Pilosace agrees in structure with the fleshy species of Hiatula, 

 Pluteus and Pluteolus. Species 801 



Fig. 43. Pilosace algeriensis Qudl. 

 In section. Half natural size. 



801. P. algeriensis Quel. (from its being first found in Algeria) a b. 

 P. plane, gibbous or subumbonate, smooth, white, becoming 

 brownish above when fully developed. St. solid, silky, white. 

 G. narrow, salmon to rose, becoming dark purple-madder. 

 Edible. On the ground. Aug. 3! X i X ij in. Intermediate between 

 Psalliota and Stropharia with the aspect of an exannulate 789. 



XXXV. STROPHARIA Qudl. 



(From a fancied resemblance in the annulus to a sword-belt, 

 Gr. strophes.} 



Veil annular on stem. Hymenophore confluent and homogeneous 

 with the fleshy stem. Pileus with or without a pellicle, even, scaly 



Fig. 44. Stropharia teruginosa Quel. ; 



entire and in section. 

 One-third natural size. 



and viscid, or innato-fibrillose and dry. Stem central, fleshy, 

 annulate. Gills more or less adnate, at first whitish, or pale 

 clay-brownish. (Fig. 44.) 



