Lepiota AGARICACE.E 23 



34. L. metulsespora Sacc. (from its obelisk-shaped spores ; metula, 



an obelisk) a b c. 



P. umbonate, white ; urn. and sc. pallid ; marg. sulcate. V. 



appendiculate. St. pallid or lemon-colour within and without. 



Odour weak or none. Woods, fir, amongst moss and leaves ; rare. Sept.- 

 Oct. \\ X 2.\ X T 3 s in. 



35. L. eristata Quel, (from the scaly-crested pileus) a b c. 



P. white ; sc. and mid. bright dark brown. St. not scaly, brown 



at base. Sometimes red when broken. 



Suspected poisonous. Taste strong, disagreeable ; odour pungent, mephitic, 

 sulphurous, or like radishes, but noxious. Fields, orchards, gardens, 

 lawns, etc. ; common. Aug.-Nov. i\ x 3J X T 3 S in. Sometimes red when 

 broken. 



36. L. erminea Gill, (from the ermine-like pileus) a b c. Wholly 



white. Very fragile. 

 P. silky. 



Taste radish-like or none ; odour slight. Grassy places. Sept.-Nov. 

 2 X 3l X & in. 



37. L. micropholis Sacc. (from the minute scales on the pileus; 



Gr. mikros, small, p/io/is, a scale). 

 P. white ; sc. radiating, erect, dark grey or black ; marg. sub- 



striate. St. white. 

 Stoves on coco-nut fibre, f X 1 X ^ in. 



c. Annnlosce. 



38. L. Vittadinii Quel, (after Carlo Vittadini, Italian mycologist) a b. 



Wholly white or whitish. 

 P. rough with pointed sc. St. concentrically scaly. A. large. 



Suspected poisonous. Groves, pastures, downs. June-Aug. 5J X 6| X £ in. 

 Allied to Amanita. 



38a. L. nympharum Karst. (from its beauty, as of a wood-nymph) a b. 

 P. umbonate, covered with large revolute scales, white. St. 

 white, or faintly buff-stained below. G. crowded, ventricose, 

 white. 

 Grassy places. Oct. 4 X 4! X \ in. 



39. L. holoserieea Gill, (from the silky pileus ; Gr. holos, entire, 



serikos, silken) a b c. Buff-white. Substance very soft. 

 P. fibrilloso-silky, then even. St. longitudinally fibrillose, then 



even. A. large. 

 Edible. Odour none. Gardens, cultivated places. Sept. -Oct. 3fx2§xfin. 



40. L. naueina Quel, (from the nut-like flavour; nurinus, of a 



nut) a b c. Buff-white. 



P. granular; marg. not plicate, appendiculate with V. A. large. 



G. becoming faintly rosy. Flesh white, usually becoming pale 



salmon or salmon-brownish when cut. 



Somewhat coespitose. Edible. Taste mild, pleasant ; odour strong. Fields ; 

 rare. July-Oct. 5 X 3$ X § in. Compare 790. 



