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European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae · George Massee — chapter 47 of 210 · ~517 words · public domain

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*** Gills truly distant, broad, usually thick.

=demissa=, Fr. P. 1-1.5 cm. thin, plane then umbil. striate, shining rufous then pale; g. purplish; s. 1 cm., colour of p.; sp. 7 x 5. (10-12 x 6-8 Sacc.)

=hepatica=, Fr. P. 1.5-2.5 cm. tough, rigid, infundib. glabrous, brownish flesh-colour then pale; g. narrow, whitish, connected by veins; s. 2 cm. very tough, colour of p.; sp. 5-8 x 2-4.

Differs from O. pyxidata in toughness, even edge of p. and pallid gills.

=muralis=, Sow. P. 1-2 cm. becoming infundib. radiato-striate, rufous brown; g. pallid; s. 1-1.5 cm. glabrous, coloured like p.; sp. rough, 10 x 5.

=umbellifera=, L. P. 1-2 cm. convexo-plane, radiately striate, even and rather silky when dry, grey, yellow, brownish, pallid, &c.; g. very distant and broad behind, colour of p.; s. 1 cm. colour of p.; sp. 3 x 2.5.

var. myochroa, Fr. P. brownish umber; s. strigosely rooting.

var. abiegena, B. and Br. Pale yellow.

var. viridis, Fl. Dan. Every part pale green.

=infumata=, B. and Br. P. 3-4 mm. obtuse, greenish then smoky; g. few, broad, yellow; s. 2 cm. thin, yellow, tomentose below.

=buccinalis=, Sow. White. P. up to 1 cm. trumpet-shaped, plane or depr.; g. deeply decur. triangular; s. expanding into p.; sp. ----.

=retosta=, Fr. P. 1-2 cm. plano-depr. umber, polished and pale when dry; g. distant, broad, narrowed at both ends, paler than p.; s. 2 cm. glabrous, paler than p.; sp. ----.

Differs from O. umbellifera in having gills narrowed behind.

=abhorrens=, B. and Br. Foetid. P. 1-1.5 cm. umbil. brown then pale; g. narrow, pale; s. 2 cm. slender, apex thickened, colour of p.; sp. ----.

=pseudoandrosacea=, Bull. P. convex, umbil. then infundib. plicate, edge crenulate, whitish or grey; g. deeply decur. segmentoid; s. slender; sp. 5-7 x 3-4.

=griseo-pallida=, Desm. P. plane, umbil. even, glabrous, brownish grey then pale; g. broadest behind, grey; s. stuffed, fuscous, 1 cm.; sp. ----.

Differs from O. umbellifera and O. rustica by p. not being striate when moist.

=albidopallens=, Karst. P. convex, orbicular, scarcely umbil. pellucidly striate, naked, hyaline white or pallid; g. adnate, decur. crowded, pallid; s. equal, naked, pallid; sp. 4-5 x 3.

Near to if not identical with Hygr. Wynniae.

=stellata=, Fr. White. P. convex, umbil. diaphanous, striate; g. very distant, thin, broad; s. equal, base radiately floccose; sp. 4 x 6.

II. MYCENARII. P. at first campanulate, margin straight, adpressed to stem.

* Gills broad, perfect, unequal.

=campanella=, Batsch. P. 1 cm. convex, umbil. striate, hygr. rusty yellow; g. connected by veins, arcuate, yellow; s. 2-3 cm. horny, bay, base narrowed, tawny-strigose; sp. 6-7 x 3-4.

var. badipus, Cke. Base of s. slightly bulbous.

var. papillata, Fr. P. acutely conical.

var. myriadea, Kalchbr. Small, caespitose.

=picta=, Fr. P. 1 cm. campan. cucullate, umbil. glabrous, striate, fuscous; g. very broad, pallid; s. horny, bay, membranous spreading base tawny; sp. 7-10 x 4.

=camptophylla=, B. P. 1 cm. convex then exp. deeply striate, disc brown, rest pale grey; g. ascending then abruptly decur. white; s. 3-4 cm. very slender, whitish, base radiately strigose; sp. 8-10 x 6-8.

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