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545. Lepista cinerascens. Bull. " Cinereous Lepista." 



Pileus fleshy, convex, then expanded, obtuse, smooth, even ; 

 margin thin, naked, striate ; stem stuffed, elastic, sub-equal, 

 smooth ; gills rounded behind, crowded, rather undulated, veined 

 at the base, easily separating from the pileus, white, then reddish- 

 grey, at length yellowish. — Bull.t. 428,/. 2. Fr. Epicr. p. 50. 

 Ann. N.H. no. 787. 



In woods. Aug. 



Csespitose. Pileus 2-3 in. across, convex, of a dirty pale ochre, slightly 

 streaked with watery lines, firm but not brittle, clothed with very obscure 

 matted down, flesh thin, white. Stem curved, sHghtly sti-eaked, tinged Hke 

 the pileus, paler above, and slightly pulverulent, solid, stringy. Gil's moder- 

 ately distant, at first attenuated behind, at length rounded and easily separ- 

 ating, white, or very slightly ochraceous, stained like the pileus when old 

 and bruised, very slightly anastomosing behind. Spores certainly not 

 cinereous, but white. Smell rather disagreeable, pungent.— J/./. J5. 



546. Lepista personata. Fr. " Purple-stemmed Lepista." 



Pileus at first compact, then soft, convex, then plane, obtuse, 

 even, smooth, moist ; margin at first involute, villoso-pruinose ; 

 stem solid, blunt, somewhat bulbous, villous, stained with lilac ; 

 gills rounded behind, then free, crowded, broad, dirty white. — 

 Fr.Epicr. p. 48. BerJc. Outl. t. 5,/. 1. Smith. E.M. 18. Huss.ii. 

 t. 40. Fl.Dan.t. 1133. CooJce,B.F. t.4.,f.l. Enrj.Fl. y. p. 19. 

 Gard. Chron. (1861), 29. 696,/^. Badh.i.t. 8,f.l,ii.t.l,f.2. 



In pastures. Common. Esculent. [United States.] 



Gregarious, frequently in large rings. Pileus 2-6 in. broad, fleshy, firm, 

 pale bistre or purple lilac, occasionally violet, convex, obtuse, very smooth 

 and shining as if oiled, but not viscid ; margin involute, pulverulento- 

 tomentose ; gills rounded, free, not distant, narrow in front, paler than the 

 pileus, sometimes, violet, turning to a dirty flesh colour, especially when 

 bruised. Stem 1-3 in. high, f in. thick, firm, bulbous, solid, mottled within 

 towards the apex with watery spots, clothed more or less with villous fibrils, 

 tinged with violet. Odour rather overpowering, taste pleasant. — M.J.B. 

 Spores -00024 X -00016 in. 



The three British species included in this new genus were formerly classed 

 by Fries with the sub-genus Trkholoma, but removed by him, in his latest 

 work, to Lejjista, as a sub-genus of Paxillus. We have followed Mr. W G. 

 Smith in bis arrangement recently proposed in " Seemanii's Journal of 

 Botany," but not without some hesitation, in separating Lepista from 

 Paxillus, and giving it a generic position. — M. C C 



