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FUNGI MACOWANIANI. 
By C. Kalchbrenner. 
Ag. (Amanita) muscarius, L. Fr. Ejncr., 5. 
In pine woods, near Cape Town ; first detected by A. E. Eaton 
in 1874. 
Ag^ (Lepiota) procerus, Scop. Fr.Ep., 12. 
Somerset East (MacOwan). No. 1246. 
The African fungus has the stature and habit of Agaricus pro- 
cerus, but the stem is smooth, and not squamose, hence approach- 
ing A. subtomentosus, Kr. The same form occurs in Brazil. 
Ag. (Lepiota) Zeyheri, Berkl. Fang. Uitenhage, No. 1, in HooTr. 
Lond. Journ. ii., 1834. Fries Fung, Natal, p. 2. 
Variabilis, hinc ssgre limitanda species. In forma primaria ; 
stipes validus, spithamaceus, pileus amplus ; marginem versus in 
areolas squamiformes, angulatas, diffractus. Varietates, vel 
si libet subspecies notabiliores sunt : — 
(a) telosus, K. et M.Ow. — .Clique spectabilis, pileo e globoso- 
expanso, in squamas latas, fuscas lacero, tela araneosa, delicatula 
co-operto, albo-flavescente. 
(b) verucellosus. — Minor, stipite gracili, calamum scriporium 
crasso, basi bulbilloso, pileo subumbonato, verucellis aut squamulis 
fuscis eleganter punctato. Ilis notis congruit cum fungo a cel. 
Drege ad Cap. b. spei quondam lecto==(^^. verucellosus, Miquel. 
Fung. exot., No. 1), differt vero stipite toto albo. Sed adsunt 
formae ad Ag. Zeyheri accedentes. Tales exhibet, pro parte, de 
Thuemen Mycotheca univ.. No. 701. 
Somerset East (MacOwan). Nos. 1001, lOlla. P. Natal, 
Inanda (J. M. Wood). No. 392. 
Ag. (Lepiota) excoriatus, Schoeff, Fr. Ep., 13. 
Sub pluribus formis. In terra argillacea camporum, et arvorum 
prope Somerset East (MacOwan). No. lOOld. Ad Bazuja 
Caffrarice (Rey. Baur). Port Natal (Wood No. 331). 
Adest sub No. 1430 (MacOw.) forma stipite curto et pileo, pro 
ratione lato, hemisphserico insignis, ulterius observanda. 
Ag. (Lepiota) polysarcos, K. et M.Ow. 
Totus albus. Pileus eximie carnosus, centro depressus, ad mar- 
ginem declivis, lasvis, vel subtilissime squamuloso-punctulatus. 
Annulus mobilis ; stipes farctus, laevis, basi bulbosus ; lamella 
valde remotse, postice attenuatse, confertse, pallidee, exsiccatione 
cum stipite brunneo-rufescentes. 
Somerset East (MacOw.). No. 1370. 
Pileus 3-5 unc. latus ; stipes 2-3 unc. long, unc. crassus. 
Caro pilei -1-1 unc. crassa, in centro et ad marginem declivem, 
quasi oblique truncatum, valde attenuata. Forma inconsveta pilei 
ab affinibus, primo visu distinquenda species. 
