PL cell. aph. 1 1 . HYMENOTHECEiE. 244.Vaginat. 601 
II. 244. VAGINATA. Esenbeck. Boot-mushroom. 
Stem cylindrical at bottom ; volva cylindrical; collar 0* 
cap fleshy; gills crowded, equal. — Poisonous. 
1. Vaginata livida. Livid boot-mushroom . 
Stem long, white; cap bossed, flattish, streaked, livid 
lead-colour; gills white. 
Agaricus vaginatus, Bulliard Herb. 512, M. 
Agaricus plumbeus, ScJueff. Fung. 35 & 3 6. 
Boders of shady woods, after long rains. 
2. Vaginata spadicea. Dark-bay boot-mushroom. 
Stem scaly, brown; cap rather bellshape, bossed, streaked, 
brittle, bay ; gills white. 
Agaricus fuscus, Schreff. Fung. 95. 
Amanita spadicea, Persoon Syn. 248,2. 
In fir plantations. 
3. Vaginata virgata. Stiff boot-mushroom. 
Thalli in tufts; cap bellshape, conical, hairy, grey and 
black, stiff; gills powdery, cinnamon-red. 
Agaricus volvaceus, Bulliard Herb. 261. 
Amanita virgata, Persoon Syn. 249,4. 
In the bark-bed of hot-houses; summer. 
III. 245. LEPIOTA. Persoon. Lepiote. 
Stem central; volva 0; collar distinct; cap fleshy; oill s 
equal in length, or mixed with shorter, juiceless, not varie- 
gated. — Wholesome. 
1 . Lepiola procera . ~ Tall lepiote. 
Thallus large; stem bulbous, very long; collar moveable; 
cap fleshy, bossed, scaly, reddish-grey; gills very far apart, 
whitish. 
Agaricus procerus, Schceff. Fung. 22 & 23; Sowerby Fungi t 190. 
In woods. 
Thallus elegant, esculent. 
/3. excoriatus. Thallus small, whitish ; scales scarcely dis- 
cernible. 
Agaricus excoriatus, Scheeff. Fung. 18 & 19; Sibth. Ox. 341. 
2. Lepiota colubrina. Snake lepiote. 
Thallus large; stem rather long, villous, soft; collar 
decaying; cap bellshape, scaly, pale; scales large, scat- 
tered, reddish ; gills whitish, free. 
