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Lepiota. The stem is of the same colour as the pileus as far as the ring. The wrinkles 



on the pileus often radiate beautifully from the centre about half-way across. 

 Spores 5-6x3 mk. B. ; 3x4 mk. W.G.S. Namegranosus, full of grains. 

 Covered with small grains. Batsch t. 6.f. 24. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 36. Monogr. 

 i. p. 28. Berk. Out. p. 95. C. Hbk. n. 31. Illust. PL 18. S. My col. Scot. 

 n. 25. Hartz. t. 44. f. i. 



Var. rufescens, a curious form, quite pure white at first, then partially turn- 

 ing red, and in drying acquiring everywhere a rufous tint. Bristol. B. & Br. 

 n. 1834. 



40. A. amianthinus Scop. Pileus ochraceous, somewhat fleshy, 

 convex then plane, somewhat umbonate, furfuraceo-granulose ; 

 flesh yellow. Stem equal, slender, squamulose. Ring fugacious. 

 Gills adnate, crowded, white then light-yellowish. 



Smaller and thinner than A. granulosus, c. , from which it is distinguished 

 by the adnate gills and yellow flesh especially of the stem. 



In woods. Uncommon. Aug;. 



Name a/iuavTos, unclefiled. Unspotted. Scop. Cam. ii. p. 434. Fr. 

 Hym. Eur. p. 37. Monogr. i. p. 29. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 26. C. Illust. PL 

 213. A. flavofloccosus Batsch f. 97. A. croceus Bolt. t. 51. f. 2. Sow. t. 19. 

 A. ochraceus Bull. t. 362, 530. A. muricatus Fl. Dan. t. 1015. A. granulo- 

 sus var. Alb. & Schw. Grev. t. 104. Hussey i. t. 45. Hartz. t. 4. f. 2. 

 Krombh. t. i. f. 12. Hoffm. t. 13. f. i. 



Var. Broadwoodise B. & Br. Pileus yellow, hemispherical, 

 delicately tomentose, margin inflexed. Stem equal and as well 

 as the ring furfuraceous with squamules. Gills adnate, now and 

 then decurrent, shining white. 



A very distinct variety, if not species. B. & Br. Lyne, Sussex. Name- 

 after Miss S. Broadwood. B. &" Br. n. 1730*. 



41. A. polystictus Berk. Pileus 4 cent. (\y z in.) broad, ex- 

 panded, not at all campanulate, broadly and obtusely umbonate ; 

 flesh thick in the centre, firm and tough, the epidermis broken 

 into minute flat scales of a rich red-brown. Stem 2.5 cent, (i in.) 

 long, 9 mm. (Y& in.) thick in the middle, hollow, stuffed with 

 cottony threads, attenuated at the base. Gills quite free, unequal, 

 rounded before and behind, broad, ventricose, crowded, white 

 with a slight yellowish tinge. 



Ring fugacious, attached in minute portions to the edge of the pileus. The 

 stem is divided into two distinct portions ; the upper one silky of a pinkish hue, 

 the lower scaly like the pileus, but the scales browner ; furnished with many 

 branched fibrous roots. Inodorous and insipid. 



In grassy places. Uncommon. Autumn. 



Spores 3x4 mk. W.G.S. ; 3x5 mk. VV.P. Name Ti-oAu?, many, CTTDCTO?, 

 spotted. Berk. Eng. FL v. p. 9. Out. p. 95. C. Hbk. n. 32. Illust. PL 

 30. S. Mycol. Scot. ?i. 27. Sannd. & Sm. t. 23. f. 2. Fr. Hym. Eitr. p. 



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