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224. L. Alexandri Gillet. Alexandre. 

 P. 2-3 cm., yellowish-tan, disc darker, convex, umbonate, viscid, 



pellicle easily separable; margin appendiculate with the cinnamon fibrils 

 of the arachnoid veil. St. white, or whitish, equal, or slightly thickened 

 at the base, flexuose, striate, covered with afibrillose, cinnamon veil up 

 to 1-2 cm. of the apex. Volva white, or whitish, becoming reddish when 

 handled, irregular, torn at the edge. Gills reddish fiesh colour, paler at 

 the edge, adnato-decurrent, crowded. Flesh whitish. Spores "be- 

 coming fuscous, oblong " Big. & Guill. Woods, at the base of beeches. 

 Oct. Eare. 



225. L. acetabulosa (Sow.) Sacc. (= Acetabularia acetabulosa Berk. ; 

 Pluteus semibulbosus Lasch sec. Boud.) Sow. Eng. Fung. t. 303, 

 as Agaricus acetabulosus Sow. Acetabulum, a vinegar cup. 



P. 2-3 cm., tan colour, convex; margin plicate, or deeply striate. 

 St. 4-5 cm. x 3 mm., white, equal. Volva discoid, socket-like. Gills 

 tawny, free, lanceolate, 3 mm. broad. Flesh very thin. River bank, 

 near high-water mark. May. Rare. 



Spores purple, or fuscous. 

 Clarkeinda O. Kuntz. 



(Chitonia Fr.) 



(C. B. Clarke, 'Ii/So<?, pertaining to India.) 



Pileus fleshy, regular. Stem central, thin. Volva membranaceous, 

 sheathing. Gills free. Spores brownish purple, elliptical, smooth, 

 with an apical germ-pore. Growing on the ground. 



226. C. rubriceps (Cke. & Massee) Rea. Cke. Illus. no. 1176, t. 967, as 



Chitonia rubriceps Cke. & Massee. Ruber, red; caput, head. 

 P. 1'5 2-5 cm., testaceous, fleshy, campanulate, then expanded, 

 umbonate, often becoming depressed round the umbo, smooth; mar- 

 gin arched, faintly striate. St. 7'5 cm. x 3-4 mm., paler than the p., 

 equal, smooth, rooting. Volva whitish, sheathing, saccate, torn at the 

 margin. Gills purplish brown, free, lanceolate, narrow, rather crowded. 

 Flesh white, fairly thick at the disc. Spores brownish purple, elliptical, 

 a little attenuated at both ends, 12 x 6ju. On soil in Aroid house. Dec. 

 Rare. 



****With a ring on the stem, and a volva at the base of the stem. 



Spores white. 

 Amanita (Pers.) Fr. 



(Probably from Mount Amanus in Cilicia.) 



Pileus fleshy, regular. Stem central, fleshy. Ring membranaceous, 

 adnate, persistent, rarely fugacious. Volva membranaceous, free, or 

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