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somewhat turned upwards at the margin, the centre re- 

 maining iimbonate. The epidermis cracks into a great 

 numher of minute reddish scales, which vanish towards the 

 edge, leaving that part nearly quite white, while towards 

 the centre the scales being smaller and more contiguous, it 

 is of a deeper hue. Flesh very thin, white. At its full 

 growth, the pileus is from |^ in. to 2 in. in breadth. 

 Lamellae moderately numerous, white, 2—4 in a set, rather 

 narrow, their edge imeven, often splitting, free, and leaving 

 a channel between them and the stipes. Stipes 1 to near 2 

 in. in height, about 2 lines in diameter, often less, whitish 

 or pinkish, fistulose, smooth. Veil separating early from 

 the pileus, and forming a more or less imperfect ring, which 

 is subfugacious. Eoot a mass of white, branching fibres, and 

 of considerable tenacity, and generally retaining a quantity 

 of soil. From Agaricus clypeolarius (= Lepiota clypeolaria), 

 it is chiefly distinguished by its peculiar taste and smell, 

 and smooth stipes. (Grev.) 



Lepiota erminea. Fr. 



"White. Pileus 2-3 in. across, flesh thin, soft, white, taste 

 resembling radishes ; campanulate, soon expanded ; disc even, 

 prominent or slightly gibbous, sometimes tinged with colour, 

 Ary, glabrous and even, the cuticle broken up into fibrils 

 near the margin ; gills free but very close to the shem, veiy 

 obtuse at both ends, rather crowded, 3 lines broad, clear 

 white ; stem 3 in. long, 2-3 lines thick, equal, very fragile, 

 dry, rather fibrillose ; ring membranaceous, soon torn and 

 disappearing; spores elliptical, 11-12 x 4-5 fi.. 



Agaricus (Lepiota) ermineus, Fr., Syst. Myc, i. p. 22 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 14; Cke., lUustr., pi. 40. 



Among grass, &c. 



Somewhat gregarious, very fragile, white ; smell none, 

 taste that of radishes. (Fries.) 



Lepiota micropholis. B. & Br. 

 Pileus about ^ in. across, flesh, very thin ; conical then, 

 plane, white, clad with minute, radiating, dark grey or 

 blackish squamules, margin slightly striate; gills free, ^ 

 lino broad, crowded, ventricose, white, stem up to 1 in. long, 

 ^ line thick, slightly thicker below, curved, white, hollow ; 

 ring spreading ; spores elliptical, 5 x 3 /x. 



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