146 Journal of jiik AIitciikll Society [Dec. 



thoroucli knowledge of the Agarics is well kno^vn, says it is 

 unknown in Europe. T find it each year in deep woods. 



Lepiota parva sp. nov. 



Pi lens 6-12 mm. broad, thin, campannlate, then ex- 

 panded and nearly plane with a rounded nnibo, delicately 

 tomentose, striate on the margin. 



Lamellae pure white, rather distant from the stipe, 

 crowded, very narroAV. 



Stipe slender, pure white, glabrous, 1-3 cm. long. 



Annulus persistent, rather small. Spores 5-6 by 3-4 mc. 



Growing in moss and on bare ground in woods. 



This dainty species is closest to L. parviannulata of Eu- 

 rope. I find it frequently in colonies. It is a very delicate 

 and distinct species. 



Lepiota caerulea sp. nov. 



Pileus 10-15 mm. broad, campannlate, then expanded 

 and umbonate, blue gray, with the umbo darker, marked with 

 dark, appressed fibrils, striate on the margin. 



Lamellae flesh color, ventricose, free, thin, crowded. 



Stipe slender, 2-3 cm. long, glabrous, white. 



Spores ovate, apiculate 4-5 by 2-3 mc. 



The peculiar blue-gray color of the pileus, with its small 

 size and minute spores mark this species. It is not common 

 but is found every year. 



Two other species of Lepiota occur at Asheville which 

 are possi])ly worthy of note, are withheld for the present. 

 One which I call L. hrunnea in my notes is much like Peck's 

 L. fuscosquamosa but is uniformly only a fraction of its size. 

 I find it from 5-8 mm. broad while Pecks's species is 2-5 

 cm. broad. This seems too great a ditl'erence to be reconciled, 

 but the fact that the spores are about the same in the two 

 species makes me hesitate. 



