ength
expanded and subumbonate, smooth, dark sooty-brown.

The gills are close, broad, ventricose, rounded behind, free, dull-red,
or brownish-pink, then brown.

The stem is slender, hollow, a little thicker at the base, dull-red. The
spores are elliptical, .004 inch long.

These plants are small and quite rare, yet I have found the plants in
Haynes' Hollow on three different occasions. Dr. Peck writes that it is
a very rare plant. It grows on old stumps and decayed logs. The plants
in figure [259?] were found in Haynes' Hollow and photographed by Dr.
Kellerman.

_Stropharia. Fr._

Stropharia is from the Greek, strophos, a sword belt. The spores are
bright purple-brown, brown or slate color. The flesh of the stem and the
pileus is continuous. The veil, when ruptured, forms a ring on the stem.
The gills are rounded and are not free.

The genus can be distinguished from all the genera of the purple-spored
plants except the Agarics by the presence of a ring and by the united
flesh of the stem and the cap and by the attachment of the gills. They
grow on the ground or are elliptical.

_Stropharia semiglobata. Batsch._

THE SEMIGLOBOSE STROPHARIA. EDIBLE.

[Illustration: _Photo by C. G. Lloyd._

Figure 260.--Stropharia semiglobata.]

Semiglobata--semi, half; globus, a ball. The pileus is somewhat fleshy
at the center, thin at the margin, hemispherical, not expanded, even,
viscid when moist.

The stem is hollow, slender, straight, smooth, glutinous, yellowish,
veil abrupt.

The gills are firmly attached to the stem, broad, plane, sometimes
inclined to be ventricose, clouded with black.

This plant is very common on the Dunn farm on the Columbus Pike, north
of Chillicothe, but is found everywhere in grassy places recently
manured, or on dung.

This plant has been under the ban for a number of years, but like many
others its bad reputation has been outlived. Found from May to November.

_Stropharia Hardii. Atkinson n. sp._

[Illustration: Figure 261.--Stropharia Hardii.]

Hardii is named for the collector and author of this book.

Plant 10 cm. high; pileus 9 cm. broad; stem 1.5 cm. thick.

Pileus pale bright ochraceous; gills brownish, near Prout's brown (R);
stem pale-yellow tinge.

Pileus convex to expanded, thick at the center, thin toward the margin,
smooth; flesh tinged yellow.

Gills subelliptical to subventricose behind, broadly emarginate,
adnexed. Basidia 4-spored. Spores suboblong, s