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Season. September to November. Common. 



Fileus. Two to three inches across, brick-red, disc dark, sericeo- 

 tomentose at first, then smooth, glabrous, dry; convex, obtuse, 

 plane, flattened. Margin involute, fimbriate with veil-fragments. 



Stem. Two to five inches high, yellow above, reddish below, 

 slender, attenuate downwards, fii^m, flexuose, silky at first, then 

 fibrillose. Hing high, distinct, filamentous, fugacious. 



Section. Flesh thickish, white, compact. Stem stuffed. Gills 

 whitish olive, then olive brown, blackened with spores, crowded, 

 unequal, rounded behind, denticulato-adnate. Odour feebly dis- 

 agreeable. Taste bitter. Spores purple-black. 



Ohs. As the two last, permeated by an intensely irritant principle. Hypli. 

 epixantha and Hyph. velutina are strongly suspected of the same qualities. 

 Nothing is known of other members of the sub-genus, but no good can be said 

 of them. The one edible is of doubtful quality, and rare here. — W. D. H. 



Genus AGARICUS. Sub-genus LEPIOTA. 



(XVI.) AGARICUS VITTADINI ; Lepiota Vittadini ; The Great 

 White Parasol. 



Habitat. On the ground in woods, parks, and shady pastures 

 Solitary, or in twos and threes. 



Season. June to October. Rare. 



Fileus. Three to six inches across, snow-white, cuticle broken 

 into warty, serrated scales ; convex, expanded, broadly umbonate, 

 robust, regular. Margin fimbriate and shaggy. 



Stem. Five to seven inches high, white, stout, cylindrical, 

 squamose below, scales reflected, rough. Ring high, large, deflexed. 



Section. Flesh thick, white, compact. Stem solid. Gills white, 

 few, distant, thick, ventricose, free. Odour slight, not unpleasant. 

 Taste mild, afterwards pungent. Spores white. 



Ohs. Rare here. A large and handsome species. Distinguished from it« 

 esculent congeners by entire whiteness. It is not virulent, but contains a 

 principle which is narcotic, and perhaps slightly acrid. — W. D. H. 



Genus AGARICUS. Sub-genus FANMOLUS. 



(XVII.) AGARICUS PAPILIONACEUS ; Panffiolns papiliona- 

 cens ; The Butterfly-Cap. 



Habitat. On dung and rich soil, anywhere. In groups. 



