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Under Yew-trees, Apethorpe, Nortliamptonshire. Pileus 

 2-4' inches across ; allied to A. chjpeolarius, but more robust. 

 Smell rather disagreeable. 



20. A. (Lepiota) clypeolarius, Bull. ; sweet-scented ; pi- 

 leus fleshy, umbonate, at first clothed with an even crust, at 

 length broken up into floccose scales ; stem fistulose, with the 

 evanescent ring floccoso-squamose ; gills free, approximate. — 

 Bull. t. 405, 50G. /. 2. 



In woods and in hothouses. Varying greatly in colour, 

 white, yellow, pink, rufous, brown, etc. 



21. A. (Lepiota) cristatus, Fr.; strong-scented; pileus 

 slightly fleshy ; cuticle at first continuous, naked, then broken 

 up into scales ; stem slender, fistulose, even ; ring entire, 

 evanescent; gills free, at length remote. (Plate 3, fig. 7.) — 

 Huss. i. t. 48. 



In fields, lawns, etc. Very common. Pretty, and remark- 

 able for its strong scent. Several varieties occur in hot- 

 houses. 



22. A. (Lepiota) Vittadini, Moretti ; pileus fleshy, obtuse, 

 rough with strong wart-like scales, as is also the stout solid 

 stem; ring large; gills ventricose, thick, free. — Huss. i. t. 85. 



In pastures. Rare. Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Hun- 

 tingdonshire, etc. A large species, of a pure white ; extremely 

 beautiful. 



23. A. (Lepiota) naucinus, Fr. ; pileus soft, fleshy; cuticle 

 entire, or breaking up into granules, somewhat umbonate and 

 even in the centre; stem stuffed, attenuated upwards; ring 

 large, at length evanescent ; gills pallid, free, approximate ; 

 spores very large. — Kromb. t. 24./. 20-23. 



In fields. Tunbridge Wells, F. Currey, whose specimens 

 are of a delicate tan, the gills at length assuming a dirty-pink 

 hue. The large white spores are very characteristic. It may 

 be confounded very easily with A. cretaceus. 



