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Section. Flesh white, thin, firm. Stem fistulose, fibrous. Gills 

 white, numerous, distant, unequal, broad in front, remote. Odour 

 strong, unpleasant. Flavour peculiar. Spores white. 



Obs. A very fair esculent. But it must not be confounded with forms of 

 Am. excelsa. — ir. D. H. 



(36.) AGARICUS CLYPEOLARIUS ; Lepiota clypeolaria ; The 

 Scented Purasol. 



Habitat. In damp shady woods, in gardens and conservatories. 

 Solitary or in groups. 



Season. July to September. Not uncommon. 



Pileus. Two to three inches across, white tinged with yellow, 

 pink, or brown ; at first ovoid, then plane, or depressed round 

 umbo. Cuticle soon breaking up into I'eddish scales clustered 

 about centre. 



Stein. Two to five inches high, white or bi'ownish, slender, not 

 bulbous, smooth above, fibrillose below. Ring floccose, fugacious. 



Section. Flesh not thick, pallid, soft. Stem fistulose. Gills 

 white, numerous, broad, unequal, not close, free but approximate. 

 Scent sweet. Tasteless. Spores white. 



Ohs. Some have suspected it, but Letellicr calls it esculent. It is not worth 

 much anyhow. — W. I). H. 



(37.) AGARICUS EXCORIATUS ; Lepiota excoriata ; The Flaky 

 Pai-asol. 



JTahitat. In pastures and fields, in woodland glades. By twos 

 and threes. 



Season. May to September. Common. 



nieus. Two to three inches across, fawn, disc dark ; at first 

 convex, then plane, umbonate, rounded. Cuticle thin, breaking 

 up into small flaky scales. Margin and interstices silky. 



Stem. One to three inches high, Avhite, or pale fawn, slender, 

 cylindrical, not bulbous, attenuate upwards, smooth, glossy. Ring 

 wide, deflexed, movable, not fugacious. 



Section. Flesh white, thickish, soft, spongy. Stem fistulose. 

 Gills pallid, numerous, unequal, thin, unequally broad, projecting, 

 perhaps forked, remote. Odour faint. Taste pleasant. Spores 

 white. 



Obs. In chapter vii. A thoroughly good, delicate edible.— Jr. D. U. 



