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though the description in European botanical works are quite meager, 

 and much confusion exists in reference to the shape of the spores. 

 The spores of the P^uropean specimens arc usually described as 

 " round," though Mr. Massee in his British fungus Flora describes 

 them as subrotund. This confusion regarding the shape of the 

 spores has led to the belief on the part of some in America that our 

 plant is different from the European one, for the spores in our plant 

 are elliptical or oval, not rotund. For this reason the plant in America 



105. — Lepiota naucina. Spore-print. 



has been called by some Lepiota naucinoides . After careful study and 

 observation of our plant, and by comparison with illustrations and 

 descripticms of the European species, the conclusion is irresistible that 

 the two are identical. In order to have our plant compared with the 

 European one, the writer sent some specimens to Mr. George Massee, 

 of the Kew Herbarium, London, England. The director of the herba- 

 rium has kindly replied that our plant is '■'■Lepiota naucina^ typical^ 



