242 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



with black specks below, hollow ; ring superior, large, soon 

 disappearing ; spores elliptical, 10 x 5 p.. 



Agaricus felinus, Pers., Syn., p. 201 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 362 ; 

 Cke., Illustr., pi. 943A. 



Among moss in fir woods, &c. 



Readily known by the white pileus having a black disc, 

 and delicate concentric ring of black on the remaining por- 

 tion. Sometimes smaller than the measurements given above. 



Lepiota metulaespora. B. & Br. 



Pileus f-1 in. across, flesh thin ; campanulate then ex- 

 panded and having the margin sometimes turned up, margin 

 coarsely and distantly striate ; whitish, with small pallid 

 scales ; gills almost free, ventricose, li 2 lines broad, white ; 

 stem 2-2 \ in. high, 1| line thick, nearly equal or slightly 

 clavate, smooth, pale lemon-yellow, fistulose ; ring superior, 

 spreading, whitish ; spores fusiform or obliquely clavate, 

 15-16 X 6 /t. 



Agaricus (Lepiota) metulaesporus, Berk. & Broome, Ceylon 

 Fungi, n. 67 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 14 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 39. 



On the ground in shady places. 



This species, in external characters, approaches Lep. 

 clypeolaria, but is at once distinguished by the length of its 

 spores, which is -0006 in. (= 15-16 ^). (B. & Br.) 



Lepiota cristata. A. & S. (figs. 6, 7, p. 3.) 



Smell and taste strong. Pileus |-1| in. across, flesh thin ; 

 campanulate then plane or with the margin slightly upturned, 

 obtuse, or slightly gibbous, cuticle at first continuous, then 

 broken up into reddish-brown, glabrous, somewhat granulose 

 scales that are generally more or less concentrically arranged, 

 ground colour whitish, minutely silky ; gills free, at length 

 remote from the stem, 1J line broad, pallid ; stem about 2 in. 

 long, 11 line thick, equal or slightly thickened at the base, 

 silky-fibrillose, whitish or tinged brown, fistulose; ring- 

 distant, entire, soon falling away ; spores elliptical. 



Agaricus cristatus, Alb. & Schw., p. 145; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 14; Cke., Illustr,, .pi. 29. 



In fields, &c. 



Plant scattered, having a taste and smell strong and 

 unpleasant. Pileus obtusely conical when young, gradually 

 expanding, and at length becoming quite plane or even 



