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Agaricus
mountain pasture, Mirebleak, 19 Sept. 1839
Pileus umbrella shaped, waved at the margin, the surface
smooth, smooth, pale cinnamon-colour. Gills subde-
curved, but dense at an angle, then range entire, sinuate,
pale, columnar; Stem thick, fibrillose, near white,
scieny, minute, Gymnascus.
In a tuft together. Pileus 2 inches or 3 in diameter,
incrusted at the margin, subumbilicate, pale dully orange
when young. Gills neat, dense; Lii a lot of a paler
colour than the pileus; rupture at their junction with
the pileus. Stem 1/4 inch wide, about 1½ inches high, its
whit and silky pile expanding upwards thickly into
the pileus.
Odour as of meal.