Pl. cell. aph. 11. HYMENOTHECEA. 244. Vaginat. 601 
II. 244. VAGINATA. Esenbeck. Boot-mushroom. 
Stem cylindrical at bottom; volva cylindrical; collar 0; 
cap fleshy; gills crowded, equal.—Poisonous. 
1. Vaginata livida. Livid boot-mushroom. 
Stem long, white; cap bossed, flattish, streaked, livid 
lead-colour; gzl/s white. : 
Agaricus vaginatus, Bulliard Herb. 512, M. 
_ Agaricus plumbeus, Scheff. Fung. 35 & 36. 
Boders of shady woods, after long rains. 
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2. Vaginata spadicea. Dark-bay boot-mushroom. 
Stem scaly, brown; cap rather bellshape, bossed, streaked, 
brittle, bay; g7//s white. 
Agaricus fuscus, Scheff. Fung. 95. 
Amanita spadicea, Persoon Syn, 248, 2. 
In fir plantations. 
$. Vaginata virgata. Stiff boot-mushroom. 
Thalli in tufts; cap bellshape, conical, hairy, grey and 
black, stiff; géd/s powdery, cinnamon-red. 
Agaricus volvaceus, Bulliard Herb. 261. 
Amanita virgata, Persoon Syn, 249, 4. 
In the bark-bed of hot-houses; summer. 
III. 245. LEPIOTA. Persoon. Lepiote. 
Stem central; volva 0; collar distinct; cap fleshy; gills 
equal in length, or mixed with shorter, juiceless, not varie- 
gated.— Wholesome. 
1. Lepiota procera. ~ Tall lepiote. 
Thallus large; stem bulbous, very long; collar moveable; 
cap fleshy, bossed, scaly, reddish-grey ; gills very far apart, 
whitish. 
Agaricus procerus, Scheff. Fung. 22 & 233 Sowerby Fungi, 190. 
In woods. 
Thallus elegant, esculent. 
6. excoriatus. Thallus small, whitish; scales scarcely dis- 
cernible. : 
Agaricus excoriatus, Scheff. Fung. 18 & 193; Sibth. Ox. 341. 
2. Lepiota colubrina. Snake lepiote. 
Thallus large; stem rather long, villous, soft; collar 
decaying; cap bellshape, scaly, pale; scales large, scat~ 
tered, reddish; gi//s whitish, free. 
