6 OUTLINES OF BRITISH FUNGOLOGY. 



In hot-houses on spent tan, Hare. 



30. A. (Lepiota) biornatus, B. and Br. ; pileus 2 in., 

 fleshy, convex, broadly campanulate, white, silky, sprinkled 

 with dark-red punctiform scales ; flesh white, or slightly 

 yellow ; stem stuffed, then hollow, attenuated at base, rooting, 

 spotted with red, reddish within ; ring descending, spotted 

 at edge ; gills approximate, ventricose, broad, white ; whole 

 plant becoming dark in drying. 



In melon frame. 



31. A. (Lepiota) hispidus, Lasch ; pileus 2-3 in., 

 umber- fuscous, fleshy, soft, hemispherical, then expanded 

 umbouate, at first tomentose, the down separating into 

 scales ; Hesh thin, white, unchangeable ; stem attenuated 

 upwards, tubular, stuffed with fibrils, densely woolly-scaly ; 

 ring fuscous, superior, membranaceous, reflexed ; gills free, 

 approximate, with a collar encircling the stem, crowded 

 ventricose, simple, white. 



In woods, chiefly among pines, rare. 



32. A. (Lepiota) clypeolarius, Bull. (p. 94) ; 2-3 in. 

 Var. felinus, Fr. ; smaller than type, pileus white, umbo 



and scales becoming black, stem attenuated upwards, same 

 colour as pileus ; gills crowded, white, margin serrate. 

 On the ground. Kew. 



33. A. (Lepiota) metulsesporus, H. and Br. ; pileus 

 1 in., white, rather fleshy, campanulate, sulcatc, with small 

 pallid scales, margin appendiculate ; stem stulfed, equal or 

 slightly clavate, pallid lemon-colour within ; gills approxi- 

 mate, ventricose, broad, white. 



84. A. (Lepiota) cristatus, A. and S. (p. 94) ; 1-1| in. 

 Eppiug Forest. 



35. A. (Lepiota) ermineus, Fr. ; pileus 2-2^ in., white, 

 slightly fleshy, campanulate, then flattened, the deeper 



