LEPIOTA. 253 



In a stove. 



Possibly an introduced species. 



Lepiota martialis. Cke. & Mass. 



Pileus up to 1 in. across, flesh thin, white ; campanulate 

 then plane, minutely silky, clear deep pink, disc darker, 

 with an ochraceous tinge when old, margin striate; gills 

 free, up to 1 line broad, rather crowded, somewhat lanceolate 

 whitish; stem 1-1| in. long, 1| line thick at the base,, 

 thinner upwards, pinkish red below the ring, pale ochraceous 

 above; ring broad, pendulous, rather distant, persistent; 

 spores elliptical, 8 x 4 /*.. 



Agaricus (Lepiota) martialis, Cooke & Mass., Grevillea, 

 vol. xvi. p. 77; Cke., Hdbk., p. 363; Cke., Illustr., pi. 944u. 



On the trunk of a tree fern. 



Readily distinguished by the clear pinkish-red pileus. 

 Probably introduced. 



B. Cuticle viscid, not broken up. 



Lepiota medullata. Fr. 



Smell resembling radishes. Every part pure white, 

 Pileus 1|-2| in. across, flesh rather thin, watery; convex 

 then expanded, even, glabrous, viscid, disc sometimes 

 greyish, fragments of the veil often fringing the margin ;. 

 gills free, crowded, ventricose, broadest in front, about l|-2 

 lines broad; stem 2|-3 in. long and 3 lines thick, equal, 

 dry, silky-squamulose below the veil, apex striate, the thick 

 external cortex readily separable from an internal tube, at 

 length fistulose; ring incomplete, torn, usually remaining in 

 fragments at the margin of the pileus and scarcely evident 

 on the stem, rarely distinct and entire or nearly so on th& 

 stem and almost absent from the pileus. 



Agaricus (Lepiota) medullatus, Fries, Epicr., p, 19; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 18; Cke., Illustr., pi. 44. 



On the ground. 



Agrees with L. illinita in colour, but differs in the dry 

 stem and distinct veil. Differs in colour from L. delicata. 

 (Fries.) 



Lepiota delicata. Fr. 

 Pileus about 1 in. across, flesh thin ; convex then plane, 



