80 LEPIOTA 



174. L. arida (Fr.) Gillet. (= Amanita arida Fr.) Fr. Icon. t. 12, 

 as Amanita arida Fr. Arida, dry. 



P. 5-7 cm., greyish, thin, convex, then plane, obtuse, silky; margin 

 whitish, sulcato-striate. St. 6-9 x 1 cm., white, glabrous, floccose at 

 the incrassated base. Ring concolorous, distant. Gills white, then flesh 

 colour, attenuato-adnate. Flesh white, soft. Spores white, elliptical, 

 9-10 x 7-7-5/Lt. Birch and fir woods. Sept. Oct. Uncommon. 



175. L. lenticularis (Lasch) Cke. (= Amanita lenticularis (Lasch) 

 Fr., Lepiota guttata (Pers.) Quel.) Fr. Icon. t. 13, as Amanita 

 lenticularis Lasch. Lenticula, a lentil. 



P. 4-10 cm., pinkish tan colour, fleshy, globose, then campanulato- 

 convex; margin paler, slightly glutinous. St. 8-10 x 1-2 cm., white, 

 or cream colour, apex marked with dark green, watery drops in very wet 

 weather, which on drying become dingy, equal, or subbulbous, floccose, 

 or smooth below the ring. Ring concolorous, often spotted like the apex 

 of the stem, large, superior. Gills whitish, sometimes inclining to oliva- 

 ceous, free, approximate, ventricose, broader in front, very crowded, 

 sometimes forked. Flesh white, reddish at the base of the st. Spores 

 white, pip-shaped, or elliptical, 7-8 x 4-5 /z. Smell mouldy. Edible. 

 Deciduous woods, and heaths. Sept. Oct. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



var. megalodactylus (B. & Br.) Rea. Cke. Illus. no. 15, t. 11, as 

 Amanita megalodactylus B. /meyas, large; 8a/rrv\o9, ringer. 

 Differs from the type in being thinner, and paler in colour. Woods. 

 Oct. Nov. Uncommon. 



176. L. irrorata Quel. Trans. Brit. Myc. Soc. in, t. 8. 



Irrorata, bedewed. 



P. 2-5-5 cm., yellowish, then straw colour, firm, convex, covered like 

 the stem with dew-like transparent drops. St. 3-4 cm. x 7-10 mm., 

 white, satiny above the ring, silky and variegated with small yellow, or 

 brownish squamules below, equal. Ring concolorous, membranaceous, 

 narrow. Gills white, then cream colour, free, emarginate, 4 mm. wide, 

 ventricose. Flesh white. Spores white, ovoid, 4-5 x 4/z, punctate. 

 Pastures, and clearings in woods. June Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



177. L. illinita Fr. Fr. Icon. t. 16. lUinitus, besmeared. 

 P. 4-9 cm., white, or yellowish, fleshy, globose, then convex, umbo- 



nate, umbo often becoming fuscous, viscid; margin slightly striate, 

 sometimes fimbriate. St. 5-8 x -5-1 cm., white, very viscid, equal, or 

 subbulbous, fragile. Ring white, membranaceous, thin. Gills white, 

 free, at length remote, crowded, soft, somewhat connected by veins. 

 Flesh white, floccose, thin. Spores white, broadly elliptical, or sub- 

 globose, 6 x 4-5/i, 1-2-guttulate. Smell pleasant. Plantations. 

 Aug. Sept. Rare, (v.v.) 



