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pronounced it correct in every detail. Still this species, so far as 

 I know, is reported by only one collector. Prof. ^lorgan finding 

 it at Preston. I i^reatly suspect that several of our new species 

 will be found, on further investioation to be referable to this 

 abundant and variable species. 



"Le])iota rhacodes is a beautiful and striking species. As we 

 found it it is large and robust, with a rounded almost hemispheri- 

 cal pileus. whose flesh is remarkably thick and firm, and which 

 is covered with large, strongly revolute scales, which render it 

 very striking. It is at once recognized by the student of the group 

 at first sight. The flesh and gills redden when bruised as in L. 

 Americana, but the red color is not as bright and the change is 

 slower. This sjDecies is doubtless rare in the United States. I 

 have never seen anything even approaching it. though it has 

 been found in Xew England. Cooke's figure is not good, but 

 it will easily be recognized when found from the description. 



"Lepiota naucina was found only once, but then in some 

 al)undance in the parks at Stockholm. It is of course in outward 

 appearance like our own L. naucinoides. The main point of inter- 

 est was the form of the spores, as Fries stated that the spores of 

 his species were round, which has led to the separation of our 

 species, in which the spores are elliptical and apiculate. PIpon 

 examination, the spores were found to be identical with those of 

 the American ])lant. and there can be no question that L. naucina 

 as it is at ])resent known to European mycologists, is identical 

 with P. naucinoides. It seems hardly probable that the tradi- 

 tional plant has 1)een incorrectly determined. It is much easier 

 to believe that the form of the spores was originally given incor- 

 rectly. The s]K'cies is plentifid in Sweden, and is. so far as I 

 Could learn, universalh' recognized as Fries' sjiecies. 



"P. cristata and P. amianthina need no comment. They were 

 in agreement with the i)lants known by the same names with us. 



"Tile la>l s])ecies to appear at Drottningholm was an old 

 friend, which is abundant at Asheville, and (|uite generally (lis- 

 tributed in the Pnited States. It belongs to a grou]) whose status 

 is at ])resent imsatisfactory. the Clypeolariae. ( )ur si)ecies need 

 further examination and comparison with well authenticated spec- 

 imens of the luu-o])ean species before we shall be certain of their 

 identity. The si)ecies found is known in Europe as P. metulae- 

 s])ora. h'ries considered it the same as iUdliard's si)ecies. P. cly- 

 ])eolaria, and so ])ul)lished it. Pulliard's ])lant is, however, dif- 

 ferent. It occurs in Sweden, but is not as common, and in s])ite 

 of careful search I failed to find it. It is said to have a darker 

 umbo and shorter ^])ores than the true P. metulaespora. The 

 ])lants we found were well marked by their soft a])])ressed tomen- 

 tose ])ileus, llocculose veil, and long s])()res. These were I.V'JO- 



