New Speciss of Fungi 



By Chas. H. Peck 



Lepiota coerulescens 



Pileus thin, convex, obtuse or slightly umbonate, squamulose, 

 whitish, the squamules and the center brownish, flesh and surface 

 of the pileus becoming blue in drying; lamellae thin, close, free 

 white, becoming blue in drying ; stem slender, equal, brownish,' 

 annulate, the annulus membranous, persistent, externally tinged 

 with blue when dry ; spores elliptic, 7 ji long, 5 // broad. 



Pileus 1.5-2 cm. broad; stem 3-5 cm. long, 2 mm. thick. 



Ohio. C. G. Lloyd. 



cpiota 



is easily separated by its assuming blue tints in drying. 



Lepiota gracilis 



Pileus thin, convex or campanulate, somewhat umbonate, white, 

 the center and the scales formed from the ruptured cuticle 'black- 

 ish brown; lamellae close, ventricose, free, whitish; stem Ion- 

 slender, floccosc or fibrillose, blackish brown, the annulus ^' 



mem- 



branous, persistent, conspicuous, blackish brown on the lower sur- 

 face ; spores broadly elliptic, 6-^ n. long, 4 /i broad. 



Pileus 6-10 mm. broad; stem about 2.5 cm. long, scarcely 

 more than i mm, thick. 



Black humus in woods, Elmsdale, Canada. September. J. 

 Dcarncss. 



A small, graceful species which when young is probably wholly 

 covered by the blackish brown cuticle, but by the expansion of 

 the pileus this soon ruptures, except in the center or on the umbo, 

 revealing the white surface beneath and forming spot-like scales! 



Tricholoma piperatum 



Pileus rather thin, firm, dry, convex, obtuse or subumbonate 

 virgate with innate brownish fibrils, varying in color from grayish 

 brown to blackish brown, sometimes with greenish or yellowish 

 tints, flesh white or whitish, taste acrid ; lamellae broad, close 

 rounded behind, adnexed, whitish or yellowish; stem ge'nerally 

 short, equal, solid, silky, slightly mealy or pruinose at%hc top 



white or slightly tinted with yellow ; spores elliptic, 6-7 n Ion-' 

 5 // broad. r , / / t>» 



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