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Agaricus rigidus. Hist. 43.
Rigid Agaric.

The whole plant is of a stiff hard
substance, the Pileus irregularly lobed
and firmly and deeply rolled in at the
margin. The stem is hard and swollen
in the middle -- The Pileus never becomes
horizontal but Lacerates and dissolves at
five or six days old.

Grows in the Fir<s>r</s> plantations at
Fixby and elsewhere in August.
        