92 BRITISH FUNGI 



stem about ih in. long, granular and coloured like the cap up to 

 the ring. 



On the ground, often under firs. 



L. granulosa (PI. Ill, fig. 2). — Cap §-i in. across, expanded and 

 somewhat umbonafe, granular, rusty or brownish ; gills adnexed, 

 white ; stem I5-2 in. long, squamulose and coloured like the cap 

 up to the ring. 



Distinguished from L. cinnabarina by the adnexed gills and the 

 cap becoming pale ; L. carcharias differs in the strong smell ; and 

 L. aniianihina is distinguished by the adnate gills and yellow flesh, 

 especially that of the stem. 



Woods, heaths, etc. 



L. amianthina (PI. I, fig. 2). — Cap |— i in. across, flesh yellow, as 

 is also that of the stem, umbonafe, granular, pale ochre ; gills 

 adnate, with a yellow tinge ; stem i|-2 in. long, squamulose up 

 to the ring, flesh yellow. 



Woods and pastures. 



L. atrocrocea. — Cap expanded and slightly depressed, bright 

 salmon-orange, more or less covered with dark granules, about 

 i^ in. across ; gills broadty adnate, white ; stem salmon- white 

 or bright salmon-orange, squamulose, i\ in. long. 



On the ground. 



var. hroadwoodicB.- — Cap yellow, downy ; stem and ring mealy. 



L. polysiicia.- — Cap about i|^ in. across, reddish or 3'ellowish 

 brown, usually broken up into minute scales ; gills crowded, with 

 a yellowish tinge ; stem i-i| in. long, scaly and coloured hke the 

 cap up to the ring. 



Among short grass by roadsides, etc. 



** Stem smooth (not scaly) below the ring, which is sometimes im- 

 perfect or obsolete. 



L. metulcBspora. — Cap f-i in. across, coarsely striate, whitish, 

 with small, pallid scales ; gills white ; stem 2-2| in. long, pale 

 lemon-yellow ; ring spreading. 



On the ground in shady places. 



L. cristata (PI. IV, fig. 7). — Smell strong, unpleasant. Cap f-i^ 

 in. across, cuticle at first continuous, then broken up into reddish 

 brown, smooth patches, concentrically arranged on a whitish 

 ground ; gills pallid ; stem about 2 in. long, whitish ; ring soon 

 disappearing. 



In fields, etc. 



L. Serena. — Entirely white. Cap campanulate, smooth, disc 

 sometimes tinged with colour, about i in. across ; gills rather 

 remote from the stem ; stem about i| in. long, sub-bulbous, slender ; 

 ring deciduous. 



Among grass. 



