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AGARICACE^ Lcpiota 



30. L. MELEAGRIS Quel. (from its markings, as of the guinea-fowl, 



meleagris) a b c. 

 P. pale salmon ; sc. minute, almost black. St. bulbous-rooting, 



black-spotted, blackish at base. G. white or lemon-yellow. 



Flesh bright red when broken, reddish when dry. 

 Hothouses, greenhouses, on spent tan ; rare. May-Oct. i\ X 2\ X ^ in. 



31. L. BIORNATA Sacc. (from its twofold ornamentation) a c. 



P. whitish ; sc. dot-like, dark red. St. enlarged below, rooting, 

 red-spotted. A. red-spotted at marg. Flesh white, reddish 

 in St., dark when dry. 



In hot-beds, stoves, melon and cucumber frames. July. z\ X 4^ X T 5 ff in. 



32. L. hispida Gill, (from the rough pileus ; hispidus, rough) a b. 



P. velvety, rich brown. St. woolly-scaly, brown below A. Flesh 



unchanging white. 

 Odour disagreeable, somewhat pungent of radishes. Woods, chiefly pine. 



July-Oct. 3 X 3 X | in. 



33. L. elypeolaria Quel. (from the shield-like pileus ; clypetis, a 



shield) a b c. 

 P. floccoso-scaly, sometimes pale buff, rosy or rufescent. St. 



scaly, whitish. Flesh white. 

 Odour weak or none. Woods, stoves, greenhouses. Oct.-Nov. af X 3X J in. 



Colour variable, sometimes wholly white. Sometimes very small. 



Var. alba Bres. (from the dead-white colour) b. 



P. fleshy, convex, then expanded, broadly umbonate, silky- 

 white ; mid. glabrous ; marg. fibrilloso-flocculose, then squamu- 

 lose, becoming yellowish with age. St. equal or attenuate 

 downwards, white, somewhat fuscous at base, white-floccose 

 and yellow-spotted below the distant, floccose, fugacious white A. 

 G. free, crowded, white then ochreous. Flesh white, some- 

 what yellowish in stem. Often forming a spurious second A. 



Edible. On the ground. Nov. 



33a. L. felina Karst. (from the markings on the pileus ; felis, a 



cat) a b. 



P. subumbonate, black when young, then black-scaly on a white 

 ground. St. white, often black-scaly below. A. large, often 

 black-dotted. 

 Woods, fir, amongst moss. May-Sept, if X 3 X T 3 ff in. 



33b. L. nigromarginata Mass, (from the black-edged gills) a b. 

 P. campanulato-expanded, subumbonate; sc. umber on a pale 

 sienna-ochre ground. St. hollow, attenuate upwards, smooth, 

 salmon-white. A. persistent, membranous, white. G. broader 

 in front, whitish; edge bordered with dark umber. Flesh 

 thin. 



Amongst grass. May. 2 x 2j x & in. Allied to 33, and especially to 33a, 

 but differing from both in the dark-edged gills. 



