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66. LEPIOTA EARLEI Peck, Bull. Torr. Club, 1898. 



Pileus submembranaceous, broadly convex or nearly plane, 

 umbonate ; the dermis radiately fibriilose, white beneath the cuti- 

 cle, the margin striate and somewhat lacerate ; the cuticle at first 

 brown and continuous, at length separating into minute scales 

 except upon the umbo. Stipe tapering upward from a thickened 

 base, slender, hollow, fibriilose, reddening where bruised. La- 

 mellae close subventricose, free, white; spores elliptic, 10-12 x 

 6-8 mic. 



Caespitose ; growing in newly cleared land. Alabama, Earle. 

 Pileus 5-7 cm. in diameter, the stipe 5-7 cm. long and 4-6 mm. 

 thick. "A very pretty and delicate species." It is smaller than 

 Lepiota Americana and has larger spores ; the change in color is 

 limited to wounded places. 



b. Pileus ivhite with yelloiv or all yellow. 



67. LEPIOTA LUTEA, Agaricus luteus Bolton, Hist. 

 Fung. 1788; Withering, Brit. Pl. IV, 233; Cooke, Illustr. 



PL. 5- 



Pileus submembranaceous, at first subovoid then campanu- 

 late and explanate, subumbonate ; the dermis radiately fibriilose,. 

 plicate-sulcate around the margin, yellow, the cuticle separating: 

 into small scales scattered upon the surface. Stipe elongated, 

 slender above the more or less elongated and inflated base, fistu- 

 lous, yellow, subglabrous ; the annulus thin membranaceous. La- 

 mellae rather broad, subdistant, yellow, free ; spores elliptic, 7-8 

 X 4-5 mic. 



Growing in green houses, Columbus, O., Kcllerman. Pileus 

 3-6 cm. in diameter ; the stipe 6-10 cm. in length, 3-5 mm. thick 

 at the apex and 6-10 mm. thick at the base. The specimens I 

 have seen are pure yellow throughout ; it is probably not uncom- 

 mon in green houses everywhere. 



68. LEPIOTA SPECTABILIS Clement, Bot. Neb. Ill, 

 1894. 



Pileus submembranaceous, convex and explanate with a 

 smooth depressed disc, the dermis radiately fibriilose, pale sul- 

 phur-colored, the surface pulverulent, striate or sulcate around 

 the margin. Stipe tapering upward from a strongly thickened 

 base, minutely scaly above the annulus, below it glabrous, colored 

 as the pileus ; the annulus straw-colored persistent. Lamellae 

 narrow, close, yellowish, remote from the stipe ; spores ovoid, 

 5-6 mic. in diameter, uniguttulate. 



Growing in a green house, Lincoln, Neb., Clements. Pileus 

 2-2.5 cm. in diameter; the stipe 3-4 cm. long, 3 mm. thick above 

 and 7-8 mm. below. 



