CLASSIFICATION 95 



L. mesomorpha. — Cap about | in. across, smooth, yellowish or 

 pale brown ; gills clear white ; stem i-i|- in. long, smooth, paler 

 than the cap ; ring erect, persistent, whitish. 



Distinguished by the entire, erect ring, and the even and gla- 

 brous cap and stem. 



On the ground among grass, moss, etc. 



L. seminuda. — Cap about i in. across, umbonate; mealy, then 

 naked, whitish or flesh-colour, often fringed with the torn veil ; 

 gills white ; stem 1-2 in. long, white, meah^ ; ring small, imperfect. 



In woods, etc. 



L. biicknalli. — Smell strong, resembling gas-tar. Cap J— | in. 

 across, white, sprinkled with lilac powder ; gills white ; stem 1J-3 

 in. long, white, the lower half sprinkled with violet powder. 



On the ground. 



L. ianthina. — Cap about | in. across, umbonate, whitish at tlie 

 even edge, disc dark violet, the rest with radiating, violet hair-like 

 squamules ; gills lanceolate ; stem about i in. long, rather wavy, 

 whitish ; ring narrow, deciduous. 



In stoves. 



L. martialis. — Cap campanulate, then plane, minutely silky, 

 clear pink, disc darkest, up to i in. across ; gills rather crowded, 

 whitish ; stem about i\ in. long, pinkish below the ring. 



On the trunk of a tree-fern. 



2. Cuticle of cap viscid, not at all broken up. 



L. medullata. — Smell resembling radishes. Every part pure 

 white. Cap i|-2|- in. across ; gills crowded ; stem 2^-3 in. long ; 

 ring incomplete. Differs from L. illinita in the dry stem. 



On the ground in woods, etc. 



L. delicata. — Cap about i in. across, umbonate, granular, rufes- 

 cent [or yellowish ; gills crowded, pure white ; stem about i in. 

 long, whitish, downy ; ring entire, dry. 



Differs from L. glioderma in smaller size, and stem not scaly. 



In woods, hot-houses, etc. 



L. illinita. — Cap 2-3 in. across, somewhat umbonate, clear 

 white or tinged tan ; gills crowded, remote from tlie stem ; stem 

 2-3 in. long, white, glutinous ; ring obsolete. 



In woods. 



L. glioderma (PI. I, fig. 6). — Cap 1-2 in. across, reddish bay or 

 yellowish brown ; gills pure white ; stem whitish, covered with 

 floccose scales up to the imperfect ring. 



In pine woods, etc. 



L. lenticularis. — Cap 3-4 in. across, tan-colour with a tinge of 

 red ; gills closely crowded, white ; stem 4-6 in. high, solid, pale ; 

 ring large. 



In damp woods. 



