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bulbous; ring moveable ; gills rather remote. — Schceff. t. 18, 

 19. 



In pastures. Far smaller than the two foregoing. 



16. A. (Lepiota) gracilentus, Kromb. ; pileus somewhat 

 fleshy, obtusely umbonate ; cuticle thin, breaking up into 

 adpressed persistent patches ; stem hollow, elongated, slightly 

 bulbous ; ring thin, free, evanescent ; gills remote, at length 

 Y)a\M.— Kromb. t. 24./ 13, 14. 



In pastures, Laxton, Northamptonshire. Resembling A. 

 procerus, but more delicate. 



1 7. A. (Lepiota) mastoideus, Fr. ; pileus somewhat fleshy, 

 strongly and acutely umbonate; cuticle thin, breaking up 

 into scattered papillae ; stem hollow, equally attenuated from 

 the bulb, weak ; ring evanescent, moveable ; gills very re- 

 mote, pallid. — Berk, in Mag. of Zool. and Bot. i. t. 2./. 1. 



In woods. King's Cliffe. In my plant the stem is minutely 

 villoso-squamose. Fries describes it as smooth and even. 



b. Bing fixed. 



18. A. (Lepiota) aeutesquamosus, Weimn. ; pileus obtuse, 

 fleshy, rough with erect acute squarrose scales ; stem below 

 the ring rough like the pileus, or silky, bulbous, pruinose 

 above ; gills lanceolate, approximate. — Huss. ii. t. 5 ; Kromb. 

 t. 1. /. 18, 20. A. Marire, Eng. Fl. A. asper, Abbildungen 

 der Schw. 



On soil in gardens. Generally of a tawny tint ; very beau- 

 tiful. 



19. A. (Lepiota) Badhami, Berk, and Br. ; pileus at first 

 campanulate, obtuse, then expanded or depressed and umbo- 

 nate hispid, with minute velvety ermine-like scales ; stem 

 bulbous, white, silky, stuffed with cottony threads ; ring firm, 

 slightly moveable ; gills remote, ventricose ; whole plant, 

 when wounded, of a saffron-red. 



