LEPIOTA. 253 



In a stove. 



Possibly an introduced species. 



Lepiota martialis. Cke. & Mass. 



Pileus up to 1 in. across, flesh thin, ^vhite ; campanulato 

 then plane, minutely silky, clear deep pink, disc darker,, 

 with an ochraceous tinge Avhen old, margin striate; gills 

 free, up to 1 line broad, rather crowded, somewhat lanceolate 

 whitish; stem 1-1^ i"- ^oug, 1^ line thick at the base, 

 thinner upwards, pinkish red below ihe ring, jiale ochraceous 

 above; ring broad, pendulous, rather distant, persistent; 

 spores elliptical, 8x4//. 



Agaricus (Lepiota) martialis, Cooke & Mass., Grevillea, 

 vol. xvi. p. 77 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 363; Cke., Illustr., ph 944b. 



On the trunk of a tree fern. 



Eeadil}^ distinguished by the clear pinkish-red pileus* 

 Probably introduced. 



B. Cuticle v'scid, not broken up. 



Lepiota medullata. Fr. 



Smell resembling radishes. Every part pure white., 

 Pileus lj-2i- in. across, flesh rather thin, watery; convex 

 then expanded, even, glabrous, viscid, disc sometimes 

 greyish, fragments of the veil often fringing the margin ; 

 gills free, crowded, ventricose, broadest in front, about l|-2 

 lines broad; stem 2|-3 in. long and 3 lines thick, equal, 

 dry, silky-squamulose below the veil, apex striate, the thick 

 external cortex readily separable from an internal tube, at 

 length fistulose; ring incomplete, torn, usuallj^ remaining in 

 fragments at the margin of the pileus and scarcely evident 

 on the stem, rarely distinct and entire or nearly so on the 

 stem and almost absent from the pileus. 



Agaricus (^Lejnota') medullatus, Fries, EjDicr., p. 19; Cke.> 

 Hdbk., p. 18; Cke., Illustr., pL 44. 



On the ground. 



Agrees with L. illinita in colour, but differs in the dry 

 stem and distinct veil. Differs in colour from L. delicata, 

 (Fries.) 



Lepiota delicata. Fr. 

 Pileus about 1 in. across, flesh thin ; convex then plane, 



