176 AGARIC ACE^: Strophctria 



Most of the species are epiphytal, some grow on the ground. 

 Stropharia agrees in structure with Armillaria and Pholiota. 



Species 802820 



a. Viscipelles. Pileus with an even or scaly, usually viscid 



pellicle. 



Not usually growing on dung. 802 810 



Growing on dung ; annulus often imperfect. 811 814 



b. Spintrigera. Pileus without a pellicle, innato-fibrillose, not 



viscid. 815820 



a. Viscipelles. 



802. S. sepuginosa Quel. (from its verdigris colour ; cerngo, verdigris) 



a b c. 



P. expanded, subumbonate, brownish-yellow, covered with trans- 

 parent blue gluten, clad with white scales ; marg. appendiculate 

 with V. St. hollow, white scaly and viscid below A., blue or 

 verdigris, often, furnished with stringy root-like growths. 

 G. purple. 



Sometimes csespitose. Odour strong of rancid ointment. Woods, meadows, 

 damp thatch, wood, stumps, hazel, amongst stones ; common. July-Nov. 

 3i X 4i X \ in. 



802a. S. squamulosa Mass, (from the small scales of the pileus; 

 squama, a scale) 



P. soon plane, dry, silky, deep verdigris-green with darker, 

 innate, floccose squamules ; mid. yellow-orange ; marg. white 

 with veil. St. at length hollow, paler than P., white at base. 

 A. fragmentary in the form of large hard white sq. at apex. 

 G. crowded, brown, with a vinous tinge. Flesh white in P., 

 pale verdigris in St. 



Amongst stones, Ripon. Sept. 1895. 2 x 2 x f in. 



803. S. alboeyanea Quel. (from its colours ; albus, white, cyaneus, 



blue) a b c. 

 P. plane or subumbonate, bright blue or verdigris from the 



gluten, becoming dull yellowish or white. St. hollow, not 



viscid, white. A. fibrillose, purple. G. fuscous - salmon. 



Flesh white, pale verdigris-green or pale blue. 

 Sometimes caespitose. Pastures, woods, sometimes on dung ; uncommon. 



Sept.-Nov. i X 3f X in. 



804. S. inuneta Quel. (from the besmeared pileus; inungo, to 



besmear) a b c. 



P. convex, subumbonate, light yellowish or brownish, slate-purple 

 from the gluten. St. fistulose, not viscid, white. A. fibrillose. 

 G. adnate, dull fuscous-purple. Flesh white. 



Gregarious, sometimes caespitose. Taste and odour like radishes, but 

 disagreeable. Rich pastures, graveyards, lawns, stumps, sticks. Sept.- 

 Nov. if X3 X t\i n< Form lundensis Sacc., P. convex, expanded ; St. 

 stuffed. Form upsaliensis Sacc., P. convex, plane, umbonate ; St. hollow. 

 Var. pallida W. G. Sm., Agaricus inunctus Fr., var. pallidtts B. & Br., 



