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Agaricus
plantation., Binkenr., 20 Sept. 1839
Pileus campanulato, involutate, brown, leicineus and slate,
when dry, margin incurvata, irregularis. Gills adnata with.
a claw, concolorous. Sporulae brownish. Stem elongatid
involutate, fibrillaris, brown, leicineus, splitting capitis:
diually.
Pileus about 1 inch in diameter; the young much involute,
leicineus; having but little flesh. Gills 4 in a set, before
at their juncture with the pileus, leaving a hollow ring
around the summit of it. Stem 2-4 inches high, rather thick;
Stem as of wood.
The Pileus seems to retain its campanulato shape in
old age.