CLASSIFICATION 93 



L. mgromarginata. — Cap campanulate, then expanded, sub- 

 umbonate, with umber scales on a pale brown ground, i-i in. 

 across ; stem hollow, tapering upwards, smooth, pinky white ; 

 ring distant, persistent ; gills whitish, edge bordered with dark 

 brown. 



Among grass. 



L. erminea. — White. Cap 2-3 in. across, edge fibrillose ; gills 

 obtuse at both ends ; stem about 3 in. long ; ring soon disappearing. 



Among grass, etc. 



L. micropholis. — Cap about | in. across, white, clad with minute, 

 radiating, dark grey or blackish scales ; gills crowded ; stem up 

 to I in. long, curved, white ; ring spreading. 



On cocoanut fibre in a stove. 



L. holosericea. — Cap 3-4 in. across, fibrillose, whitish or with a 

 tinge of tan, edge inturned when young ; gills broad, crowded ; 

 stem 2^-4 in. long, solid, base bulbous, whitish ; ring large, soft. 



In gardens, etc. 



L. naucina. — White. Cap 2-4 in. across, globose, then expanded 

 and somewhat umbonate ; gills narrow in front or near the edge ; 

 stem about 2 in. long, base swollen, imperfectly hollow ; ring thin, 

 often soon disappearing. 



Resembling L. excoriata in general appearance, differing in the 

 thin ring. 



In fields, cucumber frames, etc. 



L. cepcestipes (PL V, fig. 2). — Cap 1-3 in. across, thin, umbonate, 

 minutely scaly, sulphur-yellow, sometimes white, disc often brown- 

 ish, edge plicate ; gills with a yellow tinge ; stem 3-6 in. long, 

 thin above, swollen below, floccose, whitish or pale yellow, hollow ; 

 ring small. 



On tan in hot-houses, melon beds, etc. 



L. licmophora. — Entirely pale lemon-colour. Very closely allied 

 to L. cepcestipes, of which it is probably only a variety, differing 

 in having the cap perfectly smooth and coarsely grooved up to 

 the disc. 



On soil in hot-houses, etc. 



L. sistrata. — Cap f-i| in. across, whitish, disc often darker, 

 tinged yellow or flesh-colour, primrose with shining particles ; gills 

 white, crowded ; stem ih-2 in. long, white ; ring torn and attached 

 in fragments to the edge of the cap. 



Among grass, in gardens, etc. 



L. parvannulata. — Cap up to | in. across, umbonate, white with 

 a yellow tinge ; gills crowded, white ; stem 1-2 in. long, slender, 

 slightly wavy, white ; ring small, spreading. 



L. erminea differs in the radishy smell. 



In pastures, etc. 



