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Leucoagaricus americanus
Agaricus americanus is a species of Fungi. Peck, Charles H., 1869 23rd Report of the Regents of the University on the New York State Cabinet of Natural History Grevillea 1: 2
Original description (English)
Pileus convex, distinctly umbonate, squamose, with the margin obscurely striate; gills free; stem slender, smooth, annulate, stuffed or hollow, gradually enlarged below into a long, subventricose, bulb-like base; ring thin, subpersistent, fixed.
Grassy ground by road sides. August. Buffalo.
Height 3 in. to 5 in., breadth of pileus 11/2-3 in. The whole plant becomes of a dull pinkish red in drying.
Leucoagaricus americanus