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BASIDIOMYCETES. 
Hymenomycetes. 
AGARICINEA, 
Amanita, Fries. Lepiota—cont. 
A. virosa, Fries, 
Among grass. Poisonous. A. 
M d 11 inches across. A., 
A. Mappa, Batsch, 
Under beeches, A. 
A. aeree Fries. 
A dangerous species. It has 
rove 
cs is exhibited in No. 2 
Museum. 
A. muscaria, L. 
A large, showy fungus, the cap 
when expanded often as large 
as a dinner-plate, brilliant 
crimson with white spots 
ery poisonous. Q. 
A. rubescens, Pers. 
Edible, flavour mild; the flesh 
ed 
pantherina, which is poison- 
ous. 4. 
A, pantherina, DC. 
Under trees. Poisonous. The 
flesh remains Er white 
when broken. A. 
A, spissa, Fries. 
Under beeches. A. 
Edible, api very delica 
Colour of cap variable, zy 
buff, orange, or white. A., 
Lepiota, Fries. 
L. procera, Scop. 
Edible. Popularly known as 
the parasol mushroom, on 
o 
times very large, a specimen 
from the Arboretum had a 
stem 16 inches long, <a 
L. ARMES Vitt. 
Edible; similar in flavour and 
appearance to L. procera. Q. 
Var. puellaris, Fries. A. 
L, excoriata, Schaef. 
Edible. 
L. eee oe Vitt. 
Edible 
L. Badhami, pm & Broome. 
UnderSequoia sempervirens. A. 
L. clypeolaria, Bull. A. 
L. cristata, Fries. A. 
L. cepsestipes, Sow. 
On soil in conservatory. 
Var. cretaceus, Bull. 
In a stove 
L. licmophora, Berk. $ Broome. 
On soil in n fane a 
elegant fungus, a ve of 
Ceylon, established by "Berks: 
ey and Broome (Journ. Linn. 
Soc., Bot. xi., 500); figured 
in Cooke's Jilustr. Brit. 
Fungi, pl. 1179. 
L. carcharia, Pers. 
Under Pinus sylvestris. A, 
L. granulosa, Batsch. 
Under Pinus sylvestris. A: 
L. martialis, Che. & Mass. 
On palm stem in Palm house. 
L. ianthina, Che. 
On soil in a stove. 
L. felina, 7^ 
. On the duy zt 
