338 Transactions. — Botany. 



Free gills and a ring on the stem are the important features 

 of the present genus. In some species the ring disappears 

 soon after the pileus expands. On the ground. 



106. Lepiota exstrucata, Berk., Flora N.Z., ii., p. 173; Hdbk. 

 N.Z. Flora, p. 601 (as Agaricus (Lepiota) exstrucattis) ; 

 Sacc, Syll. v., no. 197. 



Pileus rather fleshy, campanulate, then expanding, white, 

 surface broken up into warts or concentrically arranged, more 

 or less overlapping, thick scales, white, 2-5-8'5 cm. high, 

 4-6 em. broad when expanded ; gills very distant from the 

 stem, rather crowded and narrow, white with a tinge of pink ; 

 spores hyaline, broadly elliptical, ends very obtuse, smooth, 

 14-15 X 10/u.; stem 7-10 cm. high, slightly thickened at the 

 base, pallid, ring ample, superior. 



In meadows, &c. Bay of Islands, Auckland, New Zealand. 



A very beautiful endemic species. Examination of Berke- 

 ley's type specimen, supplemented by others accompanied by- 

 notes and sketches, has enabled me to complete the description. 

 Belongs to the procerus group, and is in all probability edible. 



107. Lepiota clypeolaria, Bull., Champ. France, t. 405, f. 2 

 {Q.S Agaricus) ; Flora N.Z., ii., p. 173; Hdbk. N.Z. Flora, 

 p. 601; Austr. Fung., p. 6; Sacc, Syl. v., no. 101. 

 Pileus at first obtusely cyHndrical, even, apex tawny, 



surface silky and soft but not at all broken up, then cam- 

 panulately expanded, umbo tawny, the I'emainder entirely 

 broken up into very soft tan-coloured small scales concentric- 

 ally arranged, 4-7 cm. across; flesh thickish, soft, white; 

 gills free but close to the stem, up to 5 mm. broad, soft, 

 crowded, white or tinged yellow ; spores elliptical, 6 x 4 /x ; 

 stem about 8 cm. long, 5-6 mm. thick, soft, fragile, equal or 

 slightly thickened at the base, at first with spreading scales 

 from the breaking-up of the yellowish veil, becoming almost 

 naked, pallid, and fibrillose, striate above the ring, stuffed, 

 then hollow. 



On the ground, in woods, &c. Northern Island, New 

 Zealand. Europe, United States. 



Characterized by the gills being close to the stem, the 

 concentrically squamulose pileus, and scaly stem. Its nearest 

 ally, L. cristata, is not yet recorded for New Zealand. The 

 pileus is variable in colour, white, pink, rufous, brown, &c. 



108. Lepiota mesomorpha, Bull., Champ. France, tab. 506, 

 fig. 1 ; Austr. Fung., p. 9 ; Sacc, Syll. v., no. 165. 

 Pileus thin, campanulate, then expanded, the margin some- 

 times slightly turned up, often more or less umbonate, dry, 

 even, glabrous, yellowish, or pale yellow-brown, about 2 cm. 



