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4. Limacella bentista (Morgan) Murrill. 



Lepiota bentista Morgan, Jour. Myc. 13: 14. 1907. 



Pileus fleshy, globose to convex and expanded, 5-8 cm. broad; surface viscid, smooth, 

 membranous, whitish or pale-alutaceous; context thin, white; lamellae narrow, close, white, 

 free; spores ovoid-ellipsoid, 9-11X5-6/*; stipe slightly bulbous at the base, subequal, stuffed, 

 white, smooth but viscid, 6-8 cm. long, 8-12 mm. thick; annulus thin, white, membranous. 



Type locality: Blue Mounds, Wisconsin. 



Habitat: On the ground. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



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5. Limacella fulvodisca (Peck) Murrill, Mycologia4: 212. 1912. 



Lepiota fulvodisca Peck, Bull. Torrey Club 22 : 198. 1895. 



Pileus thin, fragile, convex or nearly plane, obtuse or umbonate, 2.5-4 cm. broad; surface 

 viscid when moist, white, the disk or umbo fulvous or tawny-brown; lamellae free, white, 

 narrow, crowded; spores ovoid-ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, usually uninucleate, slightly apicu- 

 late at one end, 7.5-10X4-5 fi; stipe slender, abruptly bulbous, viscid, white or whitish, hollow, 

 5-7.5 cm. long, 2-3 mm. thick; annulus thin, membranous, pure- white. 



Type locality: Pasadena, California. 

 Habitat: Woods or shaded lawns. 

 Distribution : California. 



6. Limacella McMurphyi Murrill, Mycologia 4: 213. 1912. 



Pileus fleshy, convex, solitary, 3.5-4 cm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous, evidently viscid 

 when fresh, pinkish-cream-colored, not striate; context white, rather thick, with farinaceous 

 taste and odor; lamellae free, crowded, inserted, ventricose, white; spores globose, smooth, 

 hyaline, 3.5-4/*; stipe slightly tapering upward, subglabrous, even, white, solid, 4-6X0.5-1 

 cm. ; annulus superior, ample, persistent, white. 



Typb IvOcausty: Searsville Lake, California. 

 Habitat: Among leaves under redwoods. 

 Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



7. Limacella roseicremea Murrill, Mycologia 4: 212. 1912. 



Pileus convex to plane, with a broad umbo, slow to expand, solitary, 6 cm. broad; surface 

 smooth, glabrous, viscid, cream-colored tinged with rose, margin inflexed, not striate; context 

 white, odor farinaceous; lamellae free, rather close, arcuate, white; spores globose, smooth 

 corroded, apparently not maturing, white but not transparent, 4-5 /x; stipe subequal, enlarge, 

 at the base, white, fleshy, solid, smooth, glabrous, viscid, often very long, 5-10 cm. long, 0.8- 

 1.2 cm. thick; veil ample, membranous, persistent, superior, remaining for some time stretched 

 from margin to stipe. 



Type locality: Seattle, Washington. 

 Habitat: On the ground in woods. 

 Distribution: Washington. 



8. Limacella glischra (Morgan) Murrill. 



Lepiota glischra Morgan, Jour. Myc. 12: 203. 1906. 



Pileus fleshy, subovoid to convex and expanded, 3-4 cm. broad ; epidermis a thin layer of 

 brown gluten, thickest at the center rendering it darker colored, this glutinous layer being 

 continuous with the marginal veil and running down and enveloping the stipe; context rather 

 thin, white; lamellae broad, close, white, rounded behind, free, approximate; spores globose or 

 ovoid, apiculate, 4—5X4/*," stipe tapering upward, solid, whitish-fibrillose beneath the brown 

 gluten, 4—6 cm. long, 3-4 mm. thick. 



Type; locality: Preston, Ohio. 

 Habitat: Rich soil in woods. 

 Distribution: Ohio and Tennessee. 



