Nomenclatural Citations/Agaricus/americanus

Nomenclatural Citations: Taxon overview

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Agaricus americanus is a species of Fungi.

Authors:	Peck, Charles H., 1869
Published in:	23rd Report of the Regents of the University on the New York State Cabinet of Natural History
Reference:	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.

The current name for this taxon is: Leucoagaricus americanus