38 CIRCULAR 143, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
STROPHARIA SEMIGLOBATA. (POISONOUS) 
(Fig. 34) 
In Stropharia semiglobata the cap is rounded, then hemispherical, thick at 
center, becoming thin toward the even margin, light yellow, viscid when moist; 
the gills are broad, adnate, unequal, when young light brown, later purplish 
brown or blackish; the stem is slender, hollow, even or slightly bulbous, 
FicureE 34.—Stropheria semiglobata. (Poisonous) 
Smooth, yellowish, but paler at apex, where striate markings from the gills may 
be present, viscid; the ring is viscous, incomplete, and formed by the remains 
of the glutinous veil which soon disappears. 
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Figure 35.—Hypholoma appendiculatum. (Edible.) (From G. F. Atkinson) 
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The cap is 1 to 114 inches broad; the stem is 2 to 3 inches long and 2 to 3 
lines thick. - 
This species is remarkable for the uniformly hemispherical cap. It occurs 
commonly on dung or in well-manured ground. It is not to be recognized as 
an edible species, 
