Lepiota 



AGARICACE^ 



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19. A. strangulata Roze (from the transverse constrictions of the 



stem) a b c. 

 P. mouse-colour, brown or yellowish-brown ; marg. sulcate. 



St. brownish-white. Vo. not large, adpressed to St. Flesh 



whitish, tawny when broken. 

 Taste sweet ; odour none. Woods ; uncommon. May-Oct. 6J x 8 X £ in. 



20. A. adnata Sacc. (from the adnate gills) a b c. 

 P. firm, not brittle, buff-yellow; marg. not sulcate. 



fibrillose, buff-white. G. crowded. Vo. not 



irregularly torn, pubescent. 



Woods and plantations, oak, holly ; uncommon. Oct. 

 Compare 15a. 



St. minutely 

 large, lax, 



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X £ in. 



III. LEPIOTA Quel. 



(From the scaly pileus and stem ; Gr. lepis, a scale.) 



Veil universal, concrete with the cuticle of the pileus, breaking up in 

 the form of scales, granules or silkiness. Hymenophore distinct from 

 the fleshy stem. Pileus never compact, often very thin, at first plane, 



Fig 12. — Lepiota procera Quel. One-quarter nat. size. 

 A, perfect plant ; B, section of young example showing 

 universal veil ; c, section of half-grown example show- 

 ing at ** rupture of veil ; d, section of mature example 

 showing at a annulus free from the stem ; u.v, remains 

 of universal veil. 



then scaly, granular, silky, smooth or viscid. Stem central, annulate, 

 somewhat cartilaginous, firmer in texture than the pileus. Gills free 



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