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Agaricus velutipes. Hist. 135

Velvet stalked Agaric.

This Agaricus varies considerably
in respect to quantity and colour, I have
seen specimens this year 1792.  very
small, and crouded [crowded] in clusters on short
footstalks.  The Pileus of a very pale dead
yellow or straw colour near the Rim, &
not much darker in the Centre.

The species however, is at all times
easily distinguished, by the dark colour
and velvety touch of the stem, and by 
its growing on Putrid Wood, never, that
I have seen, on the ground.
        