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more. I have gathered very beautiful sjDecimens in Montgomery county, 

 Md. This mushroom sometimes gi'ows to a very large size. 



L. excoriata has a pale fawn-colored cap, slightly umbonate, with thin 

 cuticle, breaking into scales ; gills remote, white : stem white, hollow, and 

 short, nearly cylindrical. Odor faint, pleasant. 



1j. rubrotihcta Pk. '•'•Red-tinted Agaric^ Cap reddish or pinkish, 

 broadly umbonate and clothed with adpressed scales ; gills whitish, free, 

 and close : stem nearly equal or slightly thickened at the base, with a 

 well-developed persistent white or pinkish riug. Spores white, sub-ellip- 

 tical. 



L. holosericeus Fries has a fleshy white cap, soft, silky, and fibrillose, 

 a solid bulbous stem, with persistent broad, reflexed ring, and free ventri- 

 cose, white gills. Edible. It is found in gardens and cultivated places. 



L. acutesqucanosa Wein, found in greenhouses and soil in gardens, is a 

 heavy but not very tall species. The cap is obtuse, and fleshy, at first 

 floccose. As the cap expands it bristles with erect pointed tufts or scales. 

 The gills are white or yellowish, lanceolate and simple, free from the 

 stem. Stem bulbous, somewhat stuffed, rough or silky below the ring, 

 and doAvny above. Ring persistent. Color of cap whitish or light brown, 

 with darker scales. 



L. granulosus Batsch. Cap thin, wrinkled or corrugated, granulose, 

 mealy ; gills white, reaching the stem, sometimes free. Plants very small 

 and varying in color — pink, yellow, and white, according to variety. 



L. amiantha. Plants very small, ochraceous in color, with yellow flesh 

 and white gills adnate and crowded. 



L. cepaestipes Sow. Cap thin, broad, sub-membranaceous, broadly 

 umbonate, adorned with mealy evanescent scales, margin irregular ; gills 

 white, at length remote. Stem hollow and floccose, narrow at top, 

 ventricose : ring evanescent. Generally found in hothouses. Cap 1 to 

 3 inches broad. Stem 3 to 6 inches high. Spores white. 



L. cristata is a common species found on lawns and in fields where the 

 grass is short. The plants are small, the cap from ^ to 1^ inches in 

 width. Not very fleshy. The cuticle of the cajD is at first continuous and 

 smooth but soon breaks into reddish scales. The stem is fistulose, 

 slender and equal ; gills free. Odor and taste somewhat strong and un- 

 pleasant. 



Plate XI^. 



Ag. (Lepiota) cepaestipes, variety cretaceus Peck (Lepiota cretaceaj. 



Edible. 



This very delicate and beautiful agaric is found on tan and leaves in 

 hothouses. 



The specimens here delineated were gathered in one of the hothouses 

 of the Agricultural Department and first described and figured in Food 

 Products, No. 2, of the report of the Division of Microscopy. The plants 



