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24. A. (Lepiota) cepaestipes, Sow. ; pileus subracmbrana- 

 ceoiis, at first ovate, then expanded, mealy and scaly, widely 

 umbonate ; margin plicate ; stem hollow, floccosc, thicker in 

 the middle or at the base; ring evanescent; gills at length 

 remote.— Grer. t. 333 ; Sow. t. 2. 



On tan and leaves in hothouses. White or yellow; the 

 stem varies in form. Sowerby's plant has white spores, like 

 Greville's. The species is probably of exotic origin, as it 

 never grows in the open air. It is uncertain whether the 

 plant with an equal stem which often grows in similar situa- 

 tions is the same species. 



25. A. (Lepiota) granulosus, Batsch. ; pileus fleshy, at 

 first convex, then expanded, mealy with innate granules ; 

 stem rough, like the pileus below the narrow ring; gills 

 crowded, free, white. — Grev. t. 104; Huss. i. t. 45. 



In Avoods and on heaths. White, pink, vermilion, yellow, 

 etc. Always easily distinguished by its mealy, granular 

 aspect. 



26. A. (Lepiota) polystictus, Berk. ; inodorous, fleshy ; 

 cuticle continuous or broken into scales ; stem attenuated 

 downwards, stuffed with cottony threads, scaly below the fuga- 

 cious ring, silky above ; gills crowded, rounded before and be- 

 hind, free, white, with a pale-yellow tinge. 



Amongst short grass, by roadsides. Northamptonshire and 

 Denbighshire. Stem pinkish above the ring ; pileus 1^ inch 



** Pileus viscid. 



27. A. (Lepiota) gliodermus, Fr. ; pileus thin, soft, cam- 

 panulate, convex, smooth, even, rufous, viscid; stem whitish, 

 floccoso-squamose, stuffed with cottony threads ; ring torn ; 

 gills free, white, approximate. 



