96 BRITISH FUNGI 



L. georgincB. — Cap campanulate, then plane, viscidly mealy, 

 white, instantly changing to red when touched, |-i in. across ; 

 gills white, the edge becoming crimson \\hen touched ; stem 1-2 in. 

 long, white, crimson when touched. 



Remarkable for changing to crimson or blood-red when bruised. 



At first found on mosses in a cool fernery, but has since been 

 collected in woods, and may be considered as truly indigenous. 



SCHULZERIA 



Cap regular, somewhat fleshy ; gills free from the stem ; stem 

 central ; ring and volva entirely absent from the first ; spores 

 colourless. 



Closely ahied to Lepiota, differing in the absence of a ring. Care 

 must be taken not to confound species of Lepiota, in which the 

 ring falls away at an early stage of development, with members 

 of the present genus. 



A very fine species belonging to this genus, almost ri\-alling 

 Lepiota procera in size, is common in Natal, which is said to be 

 delicious when cooked, and much superior to the common mush- 

 room. It is called S. umkowaani, after its native name. 



5. lycoperdioides. — Cap convex, then expanded, soft, chestnut- 

 colour, densely covered with pyramidal warts, edge with fragments 

 of the veil, i-i| in. across ; gills free, somewhat crowded, white ; 

 stem about 2 in. long, equal, solid, fibrillose, whitish. 



The cap bristles with pyramidal warts, ^^■hich are often split at 

 the base, as in some species of Lycoperdo)i. 



On the ground under cedars, etc. 



5. wynnicB. — Cap f-i^ in. across, exceedingly thin, campanu- 

 late, then plane, with a trace of an umbo, striate, pulverulent, 

 whitish, disc more or less tinged with brown ; gills free or very 

 slightly adnexed at first, rather distant, about i line broad, white ; 

 stem about i J- in. long, slender, slightly striate, hollow, whitish. 



Undoubtedly an introduced species, and in all probability an 

 Australian plant, as I have seen specimens from Queensland that 

 agree exactly with the type specimens. In Queensland it is said 

 to be luminous, emitting a greenish hght. 



In a stove, Kew Gardens. 



5. grangei. — Cap dark green, cracking into fibrous scales on a 

 white ground, flatly umbonate, i-ii in. across ; gills widest in 

 front, minutely denticulate ; stem scaly, scales tipped green. 



On soil among beech leaves. 



Armii.laria 

 Cap symmetrical ; gills attached to the stem ; stem central, 

 with a distinct ring. 



The principal marked features of the present genus are the 



