The Mycologic Flora of the Miami Valley, O. 113 
with blue, the center white; annulus generally fugacious; smell dis- 
agreeable. 
b. Growing on manure. 
130. A. steRcoraRtius, Fr.—Pileus a little fleshy, hemispheric then 
expanded, even, glabrous, discoid, somewhat viscid. Stipe stuffed 
with a discrete pith, elongated, flocculose beneath the distant annulus, 
even, somewhat viscid. Lamelle adnate, broad, white then umber 
and olive-black. Spores purple-brown, elliptic, very large, .017X.013 
mm. 
In woods and pastures, on manure. Pileus 1-14 in. broad, stipe 
3-4 in. high. Pileus luteous, livid-yellowish, etc.; stipe yellowish. 
Lamelle broadest behind, truncate and somewhat decurrent. Dis- 
tinguished from A. semiglobatus by the distinct medullary substance 
by which the stipe is stuffed, and by the pileus finally becoming ex- 
panded. 
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131. A. sEmIGLoBatus, Batsch.—Pileus a little fleshy, hemispheric, 
even, yellowish, glutinous. Stipe hollow, slender, straight, glabrous, 
yellowish, glutinous ; the veil inferior, with an abrupt annular termina- 
tion. Lamelle adnate, broad, plane, clouded with black. Spores 
purple-brown, elliptic, large, .014.009 mm. 
Common on manure or manured soil. Pileus 4-1 in. in diameter, 
stipe 2-3 in. high. The pileus is viscid when moist, shining and 
smooth when dry ; the stipe is hollow, at first very viscid, shining 
when dry, with a closely glued silkiness ; the annulus is more or less 
perfect and deflexed, the lamelle are very broad, mottled with the 
purple-brown spores, with at length a cinereous, sometimes a yellow 
tinge. 
SusGENus XX VII.—HypuHotoma. 
Pileus more or less fleshy, the margin at first incurved; the veil 
woven into a web,. which adheres to the margin of the pileus. 
Lamelle adnate or sinuate. 
A. Pileus not hygrophanous. 
a. Pileus glabrous, bright-colored, 132, 133. 
6. Pileus scaly or fibrillose, 134-136. 
B. Pileus glabrous, hygrophanous, 137, 138. 
A. Pileus not hygrophanous. 
a, Pileus glabrous, bright-colored when dry. 
