Handbook of British fungi : with full descriptions of all the species, and illustrations of the genera / by M.C. Cooke.

Date:
1871
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Credit: Handbook of British fungi : with full descriptions of all the species, and illustrations of the genera / by M.C. Cooke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Sect. 2. Clypeolarii.—Y^an^ shield-like. 21. AgazicuB fLepiota) acutesquamosus. Wm. Squarrose Lepiota. Pileus fleshy, ohtuse, at first floccose, then bristly with erect, acute, squarrose scales ; stem somewhat stuffed, bulbous, below the ring rough or silky, pruinose above ; gills approximate, lance- olate, simple.—^Tmss. ii. t. 5. Kromb. t. i./. 18-20, t. 29 f. 18-21. A. Marice. Klotsch. Linnoea yii. t. 8. Berk. Eng. Fl. Y.p. 4. Ann. N.H. no. 139. On soil in gardens, and in greenhouses. [Cincinnati.] Generally tawny. Pileua 2-3 in. broad, with dark coloured scales. Stem tawny, pruinose 2-3 in. long or more, 4 Unes to 1 in. thick Eing white, bub- stance fleshy, tough, elastic, white. Spores 'OOOl X -00023 m.—W.G.S. [Agarictjs (Lepiota) Feiesii. Lasch. recorded by B. & Br. Ann. N.H. (1866) No. 1105 was entered in error.] 22. Agaricus (Lepiota) hispidus. Lasch. Hispid Lepiota. Pileus fleshy, thin, umbonate, at first tomentose, then break- ing up into squamose papilla. Stem fibrillose, stuffed, thm, atten- uated, above the ring floccoso-squamose ; gills approxmiate ven- tricose, simple.—imn^sa 1829, no. 407. Ann. N.H. no. 901. Fr. Icon. 1.14,/. 1. In shady woods, amongst pine leaves. Aug. Stem about 3 in. long, 3-5 lines thick. Pileus 2-3 in. broad, umber. SmeU like that of Lactarius iheiogalus. 23. Agaricus (Lepiota) Badhami. B.S^Br. « Saffron Lepiota. Pileus at first campanulate, obtuse,then expanded, or depressed andiimbonate,hispidwithminute,velvety,ermine-hkescales;stem bulbous, whit;, silky, stuffed with cottony threads ; nng firm, sSly moveable ; gills remote, veutricose ; -^ole plant when woundid of a saffron-red. Ann. N.H. no. 664. Berk. Out. p. 93. Under yew trees. Sept. Apethorpe. Norths. mens 2-4 in. across, at first e-P—^^^^^ depressed and umbonate, ^^i^pid, with minute, velvety^ g ^ sometimes entirely fuliginous, ^^^i°}|*„^ytdow w^^^^ or floccoso'- i-iin. tHck ?;tte^'?fted^ ab°v^ squamose, ^Jf bTneattIreCen^^^^ with dingy granules ; gills or less moveable, A^^^broad Spores elliptic, '0003 la. long, flesh Smell rather disagreeable.—il/. J- -o-