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Habitat. In woods. In gardens and conservatories. Solitary. 



Season. Summer. Rare. 



Pileus. Two to three inches across, tawny, floccose, then 

 sqnarrose ; rounded, convex, slightly umbonate. 



Stem. Three to four inches high, tawny, thickish, tomentose 

 above, squamose below. Base bulbous. Ring white. 



Section. Flesh white, tough, elastic, thick. Stem stuffed. Gills 

 white, crowded, simple, pointed at both ends, free. Odourless. 

 Taste mild. Spores white. 



Obx. Enumerated among esculents by French authorities. — W. D. H. 



(34.) AGAPJCUS CEP(ESTIPES; Lepiota cepcestipes ; The 

 Onion-stem. 



Habitat. On tan and leaf -mould in gardens and conservatories. 

 In tufts. 



Season. August and September. Uncommon. 



Pileus. One to three inches across, at first white, then primrose, 

 becoming brown, darkest centrally, slightly squamulose; at first 

 oval, then campanulate, lastly plane, umbonate. Margin thin, 

 plicate, translucent. 



Stem. Three to five inches high, white, velvety, slender, bulbous 

 below, like an onion. Ring erect, filamentous. 



Section. Flesh white, thin, delicate. Stem hollow. Gills white, 



unequal, numerous, broad, rounded behind, free. Odour not 



agreeable. Taste bitter. Spores white. 



Obs. Edible, but poor in flavour, not plentiful, and slight of substance. Of 

 little account.— TF. D. H. 



(35.) AGARICU3 CSI3TATUS ; Lepiota cristata ; The Crested 

 Parasol. 



Habitat. In fields and grassy woods, on lawns. Solitary, or in 

 small groups. 



Season. August and September. Common. 



Pileus. Half to two inches across, white or yellowish, at first 

 silky, then surmounted with a crest of granular reddish scales ; 

 expanded, umbonate, slender. Margin uneven. 



Stem. One to two inches high, white above, brownish below, 

 slender, smooth, even, equal, perhaps fibrillose. Base rooting. 

 Ring entire, movable, evanescent. 



