LEPIOTA. 253 



In a stove. 



Possibly an introduced species. 



Lepiota martialis. Cke. & Mass. 



Pileus up to 1 in. across, flesh tMn, wliite ; campanuliite 

 then plane, minutely silky, clear deep pink, disc darker, 

 with an ochraceous tinge when old, margin striate; gills 

 free, np to 1 line broad, rather crowded, somewhat lanceolate- 

 whitish; stem 1-1 J in. long, 1| line thick at the base, 

 thinner upwards, pinkish red below the ring, pale ochraceous- 

 above ; ring broad, pendulous, rather distant, persistent ; 

 spores elliptical, 8x4^. 



Agaricus (Lepiota) martialis, Cooke & Mass., Grevillea, 

 vol. xvi. p. 77; Cke., Hdbk., p. 363; Cke., Illustr., pi. 944b. 



On the trunk of a tree fern. 



Eeadily distinguished by the clear pinkish-red pileus. 

 Probably introduced. 



B. Cuticle viscid, not broken wp. 



Lepiota meduUata. Fr. 



Smell resembling radishes. Every part pure white. 

 Pileus 1J-2|^ in. across, flesh rather thiu, watery; convex 

 then expanded, even, glabrous, viscid, disc sometimes 

 greyish, fragments of the veil often fringing the margin ;. 

 gills free, crowded, ventricose, broadest in front, about 1|— 2 

 lines broad; stem 2|-3 in. long and 3 lines thick, equal, 

 dry, silky-squamulose below the veil, apex striate, the thick 

 external cortex readily separable from an internal tube, at 

 length fistulose; ring incomplete, torn, -usually remaining in 

 fragments at the margin of the pileus and scarcely evident 

 on the btem, rarely distinct and entire or nearly so on the 

 stem and almost absent from the pileus. 



Agaricus (Lepiota) medullatus. Fries, Epicr., p. 19; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 18 ; Cke., lUu&tr., pi. 44. 



On the ground. 



Agrees with L. illinita in colour, but differs in the dry 

 stem and distinct veil. Differs in colour from L. delicata. 

 (Fries.) 



Lepiota delicata. Fr. 

 Pileus about 1 in. across, flesh thin ; convex then plane, 



