Drawings of fungi
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Agaricus On the dead bark, near the ground, of an old stump of a crab tree, Dan Harme. 6th Oct 1839 Clustered. Pileus hemispherical, at length extended and even recurved, uneven, minutely scaly. reddish-brown-yellow. Gills adnate with a sulc. yellowish-brown. Stem stuffed. Spores yellowish Flesh white, longitudinally scaly, clustered, base bulbous. Pileus one or more in diameter, flesh rather thick bright yellow. Gills many in a set, lying on each other. Stem 4-5 inches in length height, sometimes over inch in diameter at the bulbous base: longitudinally striated and splitting; scaly fertile, flesh yellowish: Several growing from the same point. Colour is of A. campestris.