Leucosporae 



L. alluvi'naPk. alluvies, the over-flowing of a river. Pileus thin, Lepiota. 

 convex or plane, reflexed on the margin, white, adorned with minute 

 pale-yellow hairy or fibrillose scales. Grills thin, close, free, white or 

 yellowish. Stem slender, fibrillose, whitish or pallid, slightly thickened 

 at the base. Ring slight, subpersistent, often near the middle of the 

 stem. Spores elliptical, 6-7x4-5^. 



Plant 1-2 in. high. Pileus .5-1 in. broad. Stem 1-1.5 l mes thick. 



Alluvial soil, among weeds. Albany. July. 



In the fresh plant the scales are of a pale yellow or lemon color, but 

 in drying they and the whole pileus take a deeper rich yellow hue. The 

 ring is generally remote from the pileus, sometimes even below the 

 middle of the stem. Peck, 35th Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



In 1897, I found it growing among weeds on lot near University of 

 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Seemingly it is a city resident. 



The taste and smell are pleasant. Cooked it is tender and savory. 

 Both stems and caps are good. 



L. metulse'spora B. and Br. metula, an obelisk. Pileus thin, bell- 

 shaped or convex, subumbonate, at first with a uniform pallid or brown- 

 ish surface, which soon breaks up into small brownish scales, the margin 

 more or less striate, often appendiculate with fragments of the veil. 

 Gills close, free, white. Stem slender, equal or slightly tapering up- 

 ward, hollow, adorned with soft floccose scales or filaments, pallid. 

 Ring slight, evanescent. Spores long, subfusiform. 



Plant 2-3.5 in. high. Pileus .5-1 -5 in- broad. Stem 1-2 lines 

 thick. 



Woods. Adirondack mountains. August and September. 



This species occurs with us in the same localities as L. felina, which 

 it very much resembles in size, shape and general characters, differing 

 only in color, the striate margin of the pileus and the character of the 

 spores. 



The species has a wide range, having been found in Ceylon, England, 

 Alabama and Kentucky. Peck, 35th Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



This has not been elsewhere noted in the United States, probably 

 from neglect of the spore characters, being reported as L. clypeolaria. 



New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Mcllvaine, 



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