Agaricaceae 



ANNULO'SI. Ring large, fixed; stem not sheathed. 



Lepiota. L. lioloseri'cea Fr. Gr. entire, silken. PileilS 3 in. and more 

 broad, whitish or clay-white, fleshy, soft, convex then expanded, rather 

 plane, obtuse, floccoso-silky , somewhat fibrillose, becoming even, fragile, 

 disk by no means gibbous ; and wholly of the same color ; margin in- 

 volute when young. Flesh soft, white. Stem 2)2-4 in- l n g, % in. 

 and more thick, solid , bulbous and not rooted at the base, soft, fragile, 

 silky-fibrillose, whitish. Ring superior, membranaceous, large, soft, 

 pendulous, the margin again ascending. Gills wholly free, broad, 

 ventricose, crowded, becoming pale-white. Fries. 



A species well marked from all others. Inodorous. 



On soil in flower beds. 



Spores elliptical, 7-8x5^ Massee; 6x9/11 W.G.S. 



Wisconsin, Bnndy; Minnesota, Johnson. 



Considered esculent in Europe. 



L. Vittadi'lli Fr. in honor of the Italian mycologist. PileilS 3-4 

 in. across. Flesh 4-6 lines thick at the disk, becoming very thin at 

 the margin, white; convex then plane, obtuse or gibbous, densely 

 covered with small, erect, wart-like scales, altogether whitish. Gills 

 free but rather close to the stem, 34 lines broad, rounded in front, 

 thickish, ventricose, with a greenish tinge. Stem 2 - 1 2 -3^2 in. long, 

 up to ?3 in. thick, cylindrical, with numerous concentric rings of squar- 

 rose scales, up to the superior, large ring; whitish, or the edges of the 

 scales often tipped with red, solid. Fries. 



In pastures, etc. 



Intermediate between Lepiota and Amanita. 



Noted by Fries as poisonous. It may or may not be, but as a matter 

 of precaution it is described. A large species, pure white, extremely 

 beautiful. 



Massachusetts, Farlow. 



L. nauci'na Fr. No translation applicable. PileilS i-i -2 in. broad, 

 white, the disk of the same color, fleshy, soft, gibbous or obtusely um- 

 bonate when flattened, even, the thin cuticle splitting up into granules. 

 Stem i'^ 3 in. long, stuffed, at length somewhat hollow, but without 

 a definite tube, attenuated upward from the thickened base, fibrillose, 



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