120 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



15 cm. long, thick, heavy and deep in ground. Pileus 15 

 cm. broad. Spores 10 x 6 /x {Nuttall, iioi). 

 A. Caesaeea Scop. 



Preston: common near Brookside (Beardslee). 

 A. phalloides Fr. 



Preston: near Brookside (Beardslee). 

 A. Frostii Peck. 



Preston: near Brookside (Beardslee). 



A. VERNA Bull. 



Preston: very common near Brookside (Beardslee). 



A. STROBILIFORMIS Vitt. 



Preston: near Brookside (Beardslee). 



A. SOLITARIA Bull. 



Preston : near Brookside. Specimens and photographs 

 secured illustrate both this and the preceding species as they 

 are understood in the United States. They are listed here 

 in spite of the fact that their status is unsatisfactory. Most 

 of our A. solitaria is referred, by European Mycologists, to 

 A. echinocephala Vitt. — Beardslee. 



A. VlTTADINI Fr. 



Preston : near Brookside. I believe this simply a well 

 marked form of A. echinocephala Vitt. My specimens and 

 photographs have been carefully verified and show the 

 species, such as it is, to be certainly West Virginian. — 

 Beardslee. 

 A. rubescens Pars. 



Preston: near Brookside (Beardslee). 

 A. spreta Peck. 



Preston: near Brookside. A. cinerea Bres. is identical 

 with this although our plants much exceed the limits set by 

 Bresadola. It is extremely variable, a pure white form being 

 especially noteworthy. 

 A. SPRETA parva Beardslee. var. nov. 



Pileus I to 1.5 in. broad, thin, almost membraneous, deeply 

 sulcate-striate. Stipe slender, about 2 in. tall. Annulus me- 

 dian. Spores, color and volva as in A. spreta. 



An interesting form, found growing in colonies, in gravel 

 high up on the mountain near Brookside, Preston County. 

 Both Peck and Bresadola are inclined to consider it a dis- 

 tinct species. 



LEPIOTA (P. Browne) S. F. Gray. 



L. procera Scop. 



Preston: near Brookside (Beardslee). 



L. NAUCINA Fr. 



Preston: near Brookside (Beardslee). 



