66 LEPIOTA 



123. L. excoriata (SchaefL) Fr. Krombb. t. 24, figs. 27-28. 



Excoriata, peeled. 



P. 6-10 cm., whitish, disc often brown, gibbous, fleshy, globose, then 

 expanded and plane, the very thin cuticle breaking up into large patches 

 and appearing as if it had been drawn inwards from thefimbriate margin. 

 St. 4-7-5 x -5-1 cm., white, or tinged greyish, equal, base bulbous. 

 Ring concolorous, firm, movable. Grills white, remote from the stem, 

 and separated by a cartilaginous collar, soft, crowded. Flesh white. 

 Spores white, elliptical, 1415 x 9-11^, with an apical germ-pore. 

 "Cystidia obtusely fusiform, 50 x 10/i" Lange. Taste and smell 

 pleasant. Edible. Heaths, and pastures, rarely in woods. May Nov. 

 Common, (v.v.) 



124. L. gracilenta (Krombh.) Fr. Gracilenta, slender. 

 P. 7-12 cm., whitish, the fuscous cuticle breaking up into closely 



adnate scales, ovate, then campanulate, and at length flattened, 

 umbonate; margin deprived of its cuticle. St. 12-15 x -5-1 cm., 

 whitish, covered with small, distinct, yellowish scales, attenuated up- 

 wards, base subbulbous. Ring white, floccose, very laxly woven, 

 movable, fugacious. Gills white, often dingy at the edge, remote from 

 the stem and separated by a broad, cartilaginous collar, very crowded. 

 Flesh white. Spores white, pip-shaped, 12-13 x 7-8fi, with a large 

 central gutta, and an apical germ-pore. "Cystidia on edge of gill 

 ventricose-bottle-shaped, 30-36 x 12-15ju," Rick. Taste and smell 

 pleasant. Edible. Woods, heaths, and pastures. Aug. Nov. Com- 

 mon, (v.v.) 



125. L. mastoidea Fr. Cke. Illus. no. 23, t. 24. 



/nao-To? etSo9, breast-like. 



P. 36 cm., whitish, the fuscous cuticle becoming broken up into 

 adpressed scales, campanulate, then convex, acutely umbonate. St. 

 7-10 cm. x 34 mm., whitish, or bistre, obsoletely squamulose, tough, 

 flexible, attenuated at the apex, base bulbous. Ring white, margin 

 brownish, entire, movable. Gills white, or cream colour, very remote 

 from the stem, and separated by a cartilaginous collar, lanceolate, 

 soft, very crowded. Flesh white. Spores white, elliptical, 15 x 9-10/>t. 

 Taste and smell pleasant. Edible. Heaths, pastures, and clearings 

 in woods. Aug. Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



126. L. nympharum Kalchbr. Kalchbr. Icon. t. 2, fig. 1. 



Nympha, a bride. 



P. 3-10 cm., white, covered with white, concentric, squarrulose, torn 

 scales, that become somewhat ochraceous at their margin with age, 

 disc ochraceous, campanulate, then conico-convex. St. 7-510 x -5- 

 1 cm., white, attenuated upwards, base bulbous, apex mealy. Ring 



