Lepiota. 



** Ring fixed, homogeneous with the universal veil 

 clothing the stem. 



Friesii, Lasch. P. 8 12 cm. expanded, suburab. with adpressed, 

 tomentose brown scales ; g. free, crowded ; s. 8 12 cm. subbulbous, 

 scaly, brownish, ring pendulous ; sp. 8 9 x 5. 



acutesquamosa, Weinm. P. 9 12 cm. convex, obtuse, pale 

 rusty with numerous small pointed warts ; g. free, crowded ; s. 

 8 10 cm. narrowed from swollen base, white with rusty scales 

 below, ring large ; sp. 7 8 x 4. 



Differs from L. Friesii in rigid deciduous warts, and broad gills 

 very close to stem. 



Badhami, Berk. P. 58 cm. expanded, obtuse, squamulose, 

 dark brown, cracked into patches, flesh like that of stem saffron-red 

 when broken ; g. free ; s. 6 8 cm. bulbous, whitish, ring rather 

 loose ; sp 5 x 3. 



emplastra, Cke. and Mass. P. 58 cm. convex, glabrous, dark 

 brown, cracked and showing white ground; g. free; s. 7 9 cm. 

 whitish, ring brown outside ; sp. 18 20 x 10 12. 



Differs from L. Badhami in glabrous pileus and larger spores. 



meleagris. Sow. P. 2 4 cm. soon plane, minute black scales on 

 a pale ground, flesh becoming red ; g. free'; s. 3 6 cm., with blackish 

 squamules, stuffed, ring obsolete ; sp. 6 7 x 4. 



biornata, B. and lir. P. 24 cm. convex, white tinged yellow, 

 sprinkled with red scales ; g. free ; s. 6 9 cm. long, ventricose, white 

 spotted red as is also the ring ; sp. 8 9 x 6. 



hispida, Lasch. P. 57 cm. soon expanded, umb. tawny-brown, 

 tomentose then hispid; g. free, crowded; s. 5 7 cm. floccoseiy- 

 scaly up to ring, tawny ; sp. 6 7 x 4. 



[lignicola, Karat. P. exp. whitish- or yellowish-rusty, with 

 innate, erect, rusty concentric scales, edge fibrillose ; g. crowded, 

 free, edge crenulate; s. curved, rusty, squamulose up to obsolete 

 ring ; sp. 4 5 x 3 4. 



Superficially resembles Phol. squarrosa. 



[helveola, Bres. P. exp. umb. scaly, reddish brown ; g. free, 

 ventricose, white ; s. white then fawn, ring white. Poisonous. 



[Boudieri, Bres. Subcaespitose. P. campan. exp. fawn, with 

 minute darker scales ; g. densely crowded, white, edge purple prim- 

 rose ; s. bulbillose, brownish and fibrillose up to ring ; sp. 89 x 3'5. 



[ignicolor. Bres. P. conico-campan. subexp. umb. squamulose or 

 fibrillose then almost glabrous, dry, fiery tawny ; g. yellowish, edge 

 tawny ; s. colour of p., base somewhat rooting with bright tawny 

 fibrils ; ring evanescent ; sp. 8 10 x 4'5 5. 



[castanea, Q. P. umb. squamulose, brown ; s. and ring white 

 with tawny flecks. 



[echinella, Q. and Bern. Smell like radishes. P. camp, then 

 convex and umb. bay, bristling with brown pyramidal hairs ; g. free, 



