Murrill: Agaricaceae of the Pacific Coast 237 



Type collected on the ground in woods near Seattle, Wash- 

 ington, October 20-November i, 191 1, W. A. Murrill 286. Very 

 abundant in the forests on the Pacific coast, and very constant 

 in form, although varying in the amount of red coloring matter 

 in the cuticle. It differs from L. rubrotincta Peck in its larger 

 size, darker umbo, smaller spores, and the absence of scales on 

 the surface of the pileus. Other collections are as follows: 

 Seattle, Washington, Murrill ^^8, 422, 575, Zeller p'O; Glen' 

 Brook, Oregon, Murrill j68; A'luir Woods, California, Murrill 

 1142; La Honda, California, Murrill & Abrams 1304; Searsville 

 Lake, California, McMurphy p5, p6. 



18. Lepiota magnispora sp. nov. 



Pileus thin, conic to convex, with a more or less prominent 

 umbo, finally nearly plane, 3-5 cm. broad; surface dry, shaggy, 

 imbricate-floccose-scaly, the umbo fulvous with erect scales, the 

 rest of the surface pale-isabelline with numerous, darker isa- 

 belline or fulvous, upturned scales thinning out toward the mar- 

 gin, which is decorated with projecting scales and fragments of 

 the veil; lamellae free, not crowded, of medium width, white; 

 spores oblong-fusiform, smooth, hyaline, 15-18X4-5/^; stipe 

 slightly tapering upward, with a small bulb at the base, glabrous 

 at the apex, very floccose-tomentose and isabelline below, about 

 9 cm. long and 6 mm. thick ; veil cottony, ample-, ochraceous-isa- 

 belline, not forming an annulus but adhering to the margin and 

 stipe. 



Type collected on the ground among dead leaves in deep woods 

 near Seattle, Washington, October 20-November i, 191 1, W. A. 

 Mtirrill '/04. Also collected as follows: Seattle, Washington, 

 Murrill ^12, ^18, 601, Zeller 114; Stanford University, Cali- 

 fornia, Miss Patterson 23. 



19. Lepiota amianthina (Scop.) Quel. Ench. Fung. 7. 



1886 



This is a variable and widely distributed temperate species 

 which has received many names, among them Lepiota granulosa, 

 L. carcharias, L. rugoso-reticulata, L. adnatifolia, and L. 

 granosa. Forms with coarse granules and rather brilliant colors 

 are commonly referred to L. gramilosa, while those with fine 



