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A. mappa Fr. (Lat., a napkin). 



Church Place Inclosure. New Copse. Burley. Busketts. Hollands 

 Wood. Holmsley. Ridley Wood. Woodhurst. Tantany Wood, etc. 



In woods. Common. Very Poisonous. Distinguished from 

 A . phalloides by its oblate and close-cut volva. 

 A. muscaria (Linn.) Pers. (Lat., musca, a fly; fly-papers were formerly 

 made from it). " Fly Agaric." 

 Woodfidley. Dearleap. Costicles. Hollands Wood. Burley. Wood- 

 hurst. Mark Ash. Holmhill. Pig Bush, etc. 



Under birches. Common. Very poisonous. Universally admired 

 for the splendour of its scarlet, white-spotted pileus. 

 A .pantherina (DC.) Fr. (Lat., spotted like a panther). 



Rainnor. Bank. Denny. Bolderwood. Church Place Inclosure. 



Early. Like A. rubescens, but pileus grey, gills and stem uncnangeaDiy 

 white. 



Genus 2. AMANITOPS1S Roze. {Amanita and Gr., cpsis, like.) Gills free, with 

 volva, but without ring. 

 A. vaginata (Bull). Roze (including var. fulva Schaeff). (Lat., with a sheath). 

 Queen's Bower. Hollands Wood. Burley. Bolderwood. Vinney 

 Ridge. Ridley Wood. Holmhill. Busketts, etc. 



In woods. Very common, especially var. fulva. The latter is 

 stated by some good authorities to be poisonous, but we have found it 

 wholesome and delicious. 



Genus 3. LEPIOTA Fr. (Gr., lepis, a scale, ous, the ear, from the scaly epi- 

 dermis of many of the species). Gills free, with ring, without volva. 

 L. procera (Scop.) Fr. (Lat., tall. " Parasol Mushroom." 



Near Lyndhurst. Costicles. Denny. Church Place Inclosure. Irons- 

 hill. Aldridge Hill. 



In woods and on commons. Frequent. Edible, excellent. 

 Characterised by the transversely scaly stem and white flesh. 

 L. rarflOdes (Vitt.) Fr. (Gr., with surf or breakers, from the appearance of 

 the cap). 

 Denny Wood. 



In woods and under trees in pastures. Uncommon. Edible and of 

 good flavour. If differs from L. procera in having a smooth stem and 

 the flesh turning reddish when broken. 

 L. excoriata (Schaeff.) Fr. (Lat., stripped of its skin). 

 Queen's Bower. Hollands Wood. 



In woods and on heaths. Uncommon. Edible. 

 L. gracilenta (Krombh.) Fr. (Lat., slender, thin). 

 Denny Wood. 



In woods and heaths. Uncommon. Edible. Like L. procera, but 

 smaller and more slender. 

 L. clypeolaria (Bull.) Fr. (Lat. with a boss in centre like a shield). 

 Denny Lodge Inclosure. 



In woods. Rare. Suspected* 



