A CATALOGUE OF ESCULENT BRITISH FUNGI. 10; 



orbicular, nmbilicate, irregular, almost infundibuliform. Margin 

 rounded, pendent, depressed, split. 



Stem. One to two inches high, tint of pileus, squamosa, slender, 

 unequal, twisted, continuous. Veil fragmentary, fugacious. 



Section. Flesh white, thin, fragile at first, then tough. Stem 

 solid. Gills creamy, yellowish, crowded, unequal, sinuate, narrow, 

 finely crenulate, pointed, decurrent. Odour strong, pleasant. 

 Flavour good. Spores white. 



Ohs. While young a good esculent. Must be cooked at once, as it toughens 

 if kept. Another species, Lent. Duualii, is probably also esculent. — W. D. H. 



Genus LEPISTA. 



(111.) LEPISTA NUDA ; The Wood Blewit. (PL III. fig. 3.) 



Habitat. In woods, especially of fir and pine. In groups. 



Season. July to October. Common. 



Pileus. Two to three inches across, pale lilac, discoloured, 

 smooth, moist ; convex, obtuse, then expanded, depresso-umbonate, 

 plane, or waved and concave. Margin thin, glabrous, involute. 



Stem. One or two inches high, lilac, farinose above, tomentose 

 below, thickish, sub-incrassate, elastic, naked. 



Section. Flesh thick centrally, lilac, brittle. Stem stuffed. 

 Gills lilac, then tawny, crowded, narrow, unequal, pointed before, 

 rounded behind, venate, adnate or sub-decurrent. Odourless. 

 Taste good. Spores whitish. 



Obs. In chapter vii. A good esculent. Somewhat local in growth. A 

 correspondent tells me he has seen it abundant about Killarney, and has largely 

 eaten of it.— IF. D. H. 



(112.) LEPISTA PEESONATA ; The Blewit. 



Habitat. In pastures. In rings or groups. 



Season. September to November. Common. 



Pileus. Two to six inches across, pallid, grey, or partly lilac, 

 glabrous, sleek, even, moist ; convex, expanded. Margin involute, 

 sub-tomentose. 



Stem. One to three inches high, tinted with violet or lilac, 

 farinose or tomentose, thick, firm, naked, incrassate. 



Section. Flesh pallid, firm. Stem solid, mottled, hollow in age. 

 Gills pallid, perhaps stained with lilac, obscurely pink where 



