408 APPENDIX. 



Subgenus 2. Lepiota. 



A. (Lep.) proccrvs, Seop. Pastures and roadsides. Not uncommon. Horn- 

 sey Wood, Hampstead Heath, &c. ; Curtis. Esculent. 



A. (Lep.) rachodcs, Vitt. In hedges and under trees. Stoke Newington, 

 Esculent, but not equal to A. procerus, Scop. 



A. (Lep.) excoriatus, SchseiF. Pastures at Hampstead ; rare. Sometimes 

 gathered for A. procerus, Scop. Not poisonous. 



A. {Lep.) gracilentus, Kromb. Pastures at Hampstead ; rare. Sometimes 

 mistaken for A. procerus. Scop. 



A. {Lep.) acutesquamosus, Weinm. Old pasture land. Highgate. 



A. {Lep.) ciypeolarius, Bull. On a dungheap, Hornsey ; rare. Sweet- 

 scented. 



A. {Lep.) cristatus, Fr. Common in meadows, gardens, &c. Odour foetid. 

 Abundant in the garden of the Royal Horticultural Society. 



A. {Lep.) ccpastipcs, Sow. In greenhouses. Common. 



A. {Lep.) granulosus, Batsch. In fields. Not common. 



Subgenus 3. Aemiliaeia. 



A. {Ar.) ramentaceus, Bull. Once only. ' The Elms,' Hampstead, Sept. 20, 

 1862; M.C. C. 



A. {Ar.) melleus, Vahl. Common everywhere in stumps ; the taste of this 

 species, when raw, is bitter and pungent, and causes constriction of 

 the throat ; it is said, however, to be very good when cooked. Mr. J. A. 

 Clarke says it is ' excellent fried, or stewed in milk.' 



A. {Ar.) miUus, Sow. Gathered by Sowerby in Kensington Gardens, Jan. 

 1796. Sow. 181:. This remarkable species appears to be very different 

 from any form of A. melleus, Vahl. It is recognised as an Armillaria 

 by Fries in his Epicrisis, but referred by Berkeley to Tricholoma. 



A. {Ar.) mucidus, Fr. Under old beeches, on beech-mast. Ken Wood, 

 Hampstead. This species, though generally found on beech trunks, 

 occasionally roots amongst the dead leaves and debris of beech trees. 



Subgenus 4. Teicholgma. 



A. {Tr.) sejunctus, Sow. Eare, mixed with A. luridus. Eoad sides and 



' •woody places. 



A. {Tr.) rut Hans, SchiefF. Common. Fir stumps. Millfield Lane, &c. 



Not poisonous. Tried by Mr. J. A. Clarke ; taste not agreeable. 

 A. {Tr.) luridus. SchpefF. Not common. Woody places. 

 .4. (Tr.) ferreifs, Schfeff. Rare. Bishop's Wood. Tasteless ; J". ^. C. 

 A. {Tr.) cartilagineus, Bull. A large abnormal specimen of this species 



came up under the pavement before a barber's shop, in the Goswell 



Road, late in 1861. It raised a large paving stone, measuring 4 ft. 1 in. 



by 2 ft. 1 in., and weighing 2 hundredweight, completely out of its 



setting. {See Joicriud of Botany, vol. iii. p. 28.) 

 A. {Tr.) carneus. Bull. Rare. Fields, Stoke Newington. 

 A. (Tr.) gambosus, Fr. Once in a pasture, Holly Lodge, Highgate ; M. C. C. 



Esculent. 

 A. {Tr.) personatus,'FT. Not common. Fields and roadsides. Esculent. 

 A. {ir.) nudus. Bull. Extremely common and variable. In fields, by 



roadsides, on dungheaps, rotten trunks, &c. 

 A. {Tr.) graiumopodius,'S)VLil. Eare. Fields. 



