LEPIOTA 71 



creamy white, free, crowded, 4-5 mm. wide, ventricose, edge fimbriate. 

 Flesh white, becoming reddish when dry. Spores white, elliptical, or 

 subreniform, 6-10 x 4 6/i, granular. Poisonous. Amongst short 

 grass. Sept. Oct. Rare, (v.v.) 



141. L. felina (Pers.) Fr. Cke. Illus. no. 1108, t. 943, fig. A. 



Felina, cat-like. 



P. 2-3 cm., whitish, covered with concentric, small, blackish bistre 

 scales, disc blackish, convex, subumbonate. St. 3-5 cm. x 4-5 mm., 

 white, often sprinkled with blackish bistre scales near the base, equal, or 

 subbulbous. Ring white, often sprinkled with blackish bistre scales, 

 superior, membranaceous, fugacious. Gills white, or yellowish, free, 

 ventricose. Flesh white, thin. Spores white, elliptical, 8-9 x 4/x, 

 1-guttulate. Cystidia "on edge of gill clavate-vesiculose, 33-36 x 8- 

 10/<i" Rick. Under conifers. Sept. Oct. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



142. L. micropholis B. & Br. Cke. Illus. no. 1108, t. 943, fig. B. 



/Aitcpos, small; <f>o\i<;, a scale. 



P. 1-1-5 cm., white, covered with minute, concentric, dark grey, or 

 blackish scales, conical, then plane; margin slightly striate. St. 

 2-2-5 cm. x 2 mm., white, curved, base minutely bulbous. Ring white, 

 blackish on the under surface, distant, spreading. Gills white, free, 

 2 mm. broad, crowded, ventricose. Flesh white, very thin. Spores 

 white, elliptical, 56 x 3 4/A, with a large central gutta. On coconut 

 fibre in stoves, and on soil in pots. Aug. Rare, (v.v.) 



143. L. nigromarginata Massee. Niger, black; marginata, margined. 



P. 3-5 cm., pale sienna-ochre, covered with small, concentric, umber 

 scales, campanulate, soon expanded, subumbonate. St. 5-6 cm. 

 x 3 mm., buff, peronate below the ring, attenuated upwards. Ring 

 white, membranaceous, distant, persistent. Gills whitish, edge bordered 

 with dark umber, free, broader in front, narrow. Flesh whitish, thin. 

 Spores white, elliptical, 6-7 x 4/z, 1-guttulate. Amongst grass. Rare. 



144. L. cristata (A. & S.) Fr. Cke. Illus. no. 31, t. 29. 



Cristata, crested. 



P. 27 cm., whitish, disc brown, covered with reddish brown scales, 

 slightly fleshy, campanulate, then expanded, often umbonate, silky. 

 St. 46 cm. x 3-8 mm., white, yellowish, or rufescent, equal, silky, 

 fragile. Ring white, often tinged reddish, distant, membranaceous, 

 narrow, fugacious. Gills white, free, very crowded, plane. Flesh 

 white, often tinged reddish, thin. Spores white, elliptical, 6-8 x 3-4 p. 

 Cystidia "on edge of gill bottle-shaped, 30-36 x 8-12/*" Rick. Smell 

 strong, often of radish, taste unpleasant. Woods, pastures, and lawns. 

 July Nov. Common, (v.v.) 



