LEPIOTA. 251 



Among grass, in gardens, &c. 



Allied to L. seminuda and to i. mesomorplia ; the former 

 differs in the mealy stem, the latter in the glabrous pileus 

 and stem and in the entire ring. 



This pretty species is remarkable for the iilamentous ring. 

 (B. & Br.) 



Lepiota parvannulata. Lasch. 



Pileus up to ^ in. across, disc rather fleshy, remainder 

 almost membranaceous, campanulately convex, umbonate or 

 gibbous, even, at first appearing to be glabrous, but slightly 

 pruinose when young, white with more or less of a yellow 

 tinge ; gills free but close to the stem, ventricose, crowded, 

 white, not united to a collar round the stem ; stem 1-2 in. 

 long, not a line thick, fistulose, equal, ascending or slightly 

 wavy, white, fibrillose below the ring, naked and glabrous 

 above ; ring small, distant, entire, rather persistent, spread- 

 ing ; spores 4 X 2 • 5 /x. 



Agaricus parvannulatus, Lasch, Linnaea, iii. n. 12; Pries, 

 Icon., p. 14, pi. 16, fig. 3. 



In pastures, &c. 



In woods the specimens are often larger than the measure- 

 ments given above, but the pileus rarely reaches to 1 in. 

 across. 



The only species with which L. parvannulata can be con- 

 founded is L. erminia, which agrees in colour, and is found 

 in similar places, but the latter is much larger, and differs 

 in the superior, torn ring, glabrous pileus, radishy smell, 

 &c. (Fries.) 



Lepiota mesomorpha. Bull. 



Pileus about f in. across, flesh thin ; campanulate then 

 expanded, the margin sometimes slightly turned up, often 

 more or less umbonate, dry, even, glabrous, yellowish or 

 pale yellow-brown ; gills free, about 1 line broad, ventricose, 

 clear white ; stem 1-1|- in. long, about 1 line thick, equal, 

 dry, even, glabrous, paler than the pileus, fistulose; ring 

 superior, erect, persistent, whitish. 



Agaricus mesomorplms, Bulliard, t. 50C, fig. 1 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 18; Cke., Illustr., pi. 85b. 



On the ground. 



