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Mycologia 



7. Stropharia siccipes P. Karst. Medd. Soc. Faun. Fl. Fenn. 9 : 



46. 1882 



Pileus subfleshy, hemispheric to expanded, cbtuse, orbicular, 2-3 

 cm. broad ; surface glabrous, viscid, clay-white, yellowish on dry- 

 ing, even or pellucid-striate on the margin ; lamellae adnate-sub- 

 decurrent, clay-colored to fuscous ; spores ellipsoid, pellucid-brown, 

 12-15 x 7-9 fx\ stipe flexuous or strict, subfibrillose, flocculose 

 above the annulus, dry, stuffed or hollow, pallid, 4-7 cm. long, 

 2 mm. thick; annulus incomplete, dry, distant, subfloccose or 

 pruinose. 



Type locality : Finland. 



Habitat : On manure or manured ground. 



Distribution : Northeastern United States westward to Minne- 

 sota; also in Europe. 



Illustrations : Trans. Wise. Acad. Sci. 17 : pi. 66, f. D, E, & 

 F; 18: pi. 18, f. I. 



Peck described a variety of this species as 5. siccipes radicata in 

 Mus. Bull. 67 : 37. 1903, based on long-radicate specimens col- 

 lected by Earle in June in the New York Botanical Garden. Har- 

 per described and figured both the species and the radicate variety. 

 Karsten considered it a form of Stropharia semiglobata. 



8. Stropharia semiglobata (Batsch.) Quel. Champ. Jura Vosg. 



112. 1872 



Agaricus scmiglobatus Batsch, Elench. Fung. Contin. 1 : 141. 

 1786. 



Pileus fleshy, subglobose to hemispheric, not expanding, gre- 

 garious to subcespitose, 1-4 cm. broad; surface light-yellow, 

 smooth, glabrous, very viscid when moist; context pallid, soft; 

 lamellae adnate, very broad, white or olive-gray, soon clouded with 

 the ripening spores; spores ellipsoid, smooth, purplish-brown, 12- 

 18 x 7-10 fi; cystidia on edges of lamellae 30-45 x 3-4^; stipe 

 slender, cylindric, light-yellow, smooth, viscid, 6-9 cm. long, 2-4 

 mm. thick ; veil glutinous when moist, leaving an incomplete, supe- 

 rior ring. 



Type locality : Germany. 



Habitat : On manure or manured ground in fields or open 

 woods. 



Distribution : Throughout temperate North America and Eu- 

 rope, and at high elevations in the tropics. 



