14 AGARICINI. 



Sect. 2. Chjpeolarii.--Yi[QViS shield-like. 



21. Agaxicus fLepiota) acutesquamosus. Wm. " Squarrose 



Lepiota." 



Pileus fleshy, obtuse, at first floccose, then bristly with erect, 

 acute, squarrose scales ; stem somewhat stuffed, bulbous, below 

 the ring rough or silky, pruinose above ; gills approximate, lance- 

 olate, simple. — Huss. ii. t. 5. Kromb. t. i./. 18-20, t. 29/. 18-21. 

 A. Marice. Klotsch. Linncea vii. t. 8. Berk. Eng. FL Y.p, 4. Ann. 

 N.H.no.n^. 



On soil in gardens, and in greenhouses. [Cincinnati.] 



Generally taTvuy. Pileus 2-3 in. broad, with dark coloured scales. Stem 

 tawny, pruinose 2-3 in. long or more, 4 lines to | in. thick. Ring white. Sub- 

 stance fleshy, tough, elastic, white. Spores -0001 X '00023 in.— lF.(r'.*Sf. 



[Agaricus (Lepiota) Feiesii. Lasch. recordedby B.& Br. Ann. N.H. (1866) 

 No. 1105 was entered in error.] 



22. Agaxicus (Lepiota) hispidus. Lasch. " Hispid Lepiota." 



Pileus fleshy, thin, umbonate, at first tomentose, then break- 

 ing up into squamose papillse. Stem fibrillose, stuffed, thin, atten- 

 uated, above the ring floccoso-squamose ; gills approximate, ven- 

 tricose, simple. — Linncea 1829, no. 407. Ann. N.H. no. 901. Fr. 

 Icon. 1. 14,/. 1. 



In shady woods, amongst pine leaves. Aug. 



Stem about 3 in. long, 3-5 lines thick. Pileus 2-3 in. broad, umber. Smell 

 like that of Laxtarius theiogalus. 



23. Agaxicus (Lepiota) Badhami. B.^'Br. " Saffron Lepiota." 



Pileus at first campanulate, obtuse, then expanded, or depressed 

 and umbonate, hispid with minute, velvety, ermine-like scales ; stem 

 bulbous, white, silky, stuffed with cottony threads ; ring finn, 

 slightly moveable ; gills remote, ventricose ; whole plant when 

 wounded of a saffron-red. Ann. N.H. no. 664. Berk. Out. p. 93. 



Under yew trees. Sej^t. Apethoi'pe. Norths. 



Pileus 2-4 in. across, at first campanulate, obtuse, at length expanded, often 

 depressed and umbonate, hispid, with minute, velvety, fuliginous scales, but 

 sometimes entirely fuliginous, without any distinct scales j stem 2-3 in. high, 

 \-\ in. thick, attenuated above, bulbous below, white, silky, or floccoso- 

 squamose, stufi'ed with cottony threads ; ring firm, erect, and deflesed, more 

 or less moveable, beneath, frequently clothed with dingy granules ; gills 

 truly remote, ventricose, rather broad. Spores elliptic, "0003 in. long, flesh 

 tolerably compact. The whole plant when wounded assumes a rich red tint. 

 Smell rather disagreeable. — M. J. B. 



