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89. LEPIOTA GUTTATA, Agaricus guttatus Persoon, 

 Synopsis, 1801 ; Agaricus lenticularis Lasch in Linnaea 

 1828. 



Pileus fleshy, at first globose then convex and expanded ; the 

 ■flesh thick, soft, white ; the dermis a thin, firm, smooth mem- 

 brane, pale alutaceous to pinkish, with a viscid cuticle. Stipe 

 elongated, at the base sHghtly bulbous, or wholly equal, spongy- 

 stuffed, minutely scaly or subglabrous, white ; annulus a large 

 smooth membrane, rather distant from the pileus. Lamellae 

 rather narrow, crowded, whitish, tapering inward but free; 

 spores . 



Growing in humid places in woods. N. Carolina, Curtis. 

 Pileus 7-10 cm. in diameter, the stipe 10-15 cm. long and about 

 2 cm. thick. 



90. LEPIOTA BENTISTA Morgan sp. nov. 



Pileus fleshy, globose then convex and explanate ; the flesh 

 thin, white ; the dermis a thin, smooth membrane whitish or pale 

 alutaceous ; with a viscid cuticle. Stipe arising from a slightly 

 bulbous base, subequal, stuffed, white, smooth but viscid ; the 

 annulus thin, white, membranaceous. Lamellae narrow, close, 

 white, free; spores elliptic-ovoid, 9-11x5-6 mic. 



Growing on the ground. Blue Mounds, Wis., Denniston. 

 Pileus 5-8 cm. in diameter, the stipe 6-8 cm. long and 8-12 mm. 

 thick. 



THE DESCRIPTIVE SYNOPSES. 



LEPIOTA Persoon, Synopsis 1801 ; Fries, Syst. Myc. 1821. 

 Hym. Eur. 18/4; Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum, V, IX, XI, 

 XIV, XVI, XVII. 



Pileus soft fleshy, rather dry; veil marginal. Stipe hollow 

 or fibrous-stuffed, rarely solid, commonly tapering upward from 

 a thickened base; volva none. Lamellae free, approximate or 

 remote, rarely reaching the stipe; spores n'hite, sometimes with 

 a tinge of pink or ycllozi\ in one species bright green. 



§ I. ANN U LI IN PERL THE VEIL IN THIS SEC- 

 TION HAS A TWO-FOLD ORIGIN; IT IS A CONTINUA- 

 TION OF THE OUTERMOST ROW OF CELLS OF THE 

 STIPE WHICH HAS GROWN FOR SOME TIME WITH 

 THE STIPE BY INTERCALARY GROWTH AND PASSES 

 INTO THE MARGIN OF THE PILEUS; AND CON- 

 VERSELY IT IS A CONTINUATION OF THE OUTER- 

 MOST HYPHAE OF THE PILEUS PASSING INTO THE 

 Sl'RFACE OF THE STIPE. THE SEPARATION TAKES 

 PLACE AT THIE MARGIN OF THE PILEUS, THE VEIL 



