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610 246.Gymnop. H.HYMENOTHECEtE. Fl.cell.aph.
Agaricus graveolens, Persoon Spi, 361.
In grassy places, and plantations.
Taste and smell very disagreeable, also heavy on the
hand.
30. Gymnopus compressus. Flattened naked-foot.
Thallus brittle ; stem compressed, rather twisted ; cap
thin, flattish, irregular, brown, waxy ; gills rather thick, distant,
white.
Agaricus compressus, Withering Arr. 4,278; Sowerhy Fungi, 66; Persoon
Syn. 363.
On grassy hills ; June.
g. Cap white.
31. Gymnopus alhus. fVhite 7iaked-foot.
Thallus entirely wJaite, usually solitary ; stem thick, short,
nearly upright, rather smaller at bottom ; cap fleshy, convex
; gills distinct.
Agaricus virgineus, Batsch Fung. 39.
Agaricus albus, Persoon Syn. 363.
On the ground, in sandy soils.
Esculent.
32. Gymnopus ehnrneus. Ivory naked-foot.
Thalli gregarious, white; stem long, scaly at the tip;
cap rather fleshy, viscous, plano-convex, edge smooth ; gills
rather distant, slightly decurrent.
Agaricus eburneus, Persoon Syn. 364.
In beech woods, rarely among firs ; autumn.
Esculent.
^. nitens. Stem rather short.
Agaricus Jozzolus, Scopoli Cam. 2,431.
Agaricus eburneus, Bull. Herb. 551.
Agaricus niteus, Sowerby Fungi, 71.
33. Gymnopus parasiticus. Parasitic naked foot.
Thalli rather small, in tufts, parasitic; stem bent, hairy,
solid ; cap bellshape, rather turned back, pale-white ; gills
distant, thickish, brown.
Agaricus parasiticus, Bull. Herb. 574; Persoon Syn. 371.
Agaricus umbratus, Wilh^ng Arr, 4, 235,
On rotten fungi.
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