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Pileus a little fleshy, ovoid then campanulate and expanded, 
subumbonate, minutely fibrillose when young, soon glabrous, 
creamy or pinkish white with a narrow zone of light blue near 
the margin; the veil delicate, fibrous, evanescent. Stipe nearly 
equal, fistulose, whitish, minutely scaly, attached by an abundant 
strigose mycelium. Lamellae rather broad, whitish, free, ap¬ 
proximate ; spores subglobose, with a minute apiculus, 6-8 mic. 
Growing on decaying sticks on the ground in woods; Michi¬ 
gan. Longyear. Pileus 1-2 cm. in diameter, the stipe 2-3 cm. 
long and about 2 mm. thick. The whole plant becomes brownish 
when bruised and in drying. “Its striking feature is the delicate 
blue marginal zone which is suggestive of the specific name/’ 
9. LEPIOTA PURPUREOCONIA Atkinson, Journal 
Mycol. 1902. 
Pileus thin, convex, the surface covered with a purplish 
powder; the marginal veil consisting of the same powdery sub¬ 
stance. Stipe thick, solid, whitish within, below the annulus 
covered by the same purplish powder as the pileus. Lamellae 
broad, rather distant, white or yellowish, free, approximate; 
spores elliptic, 8-10x3-4 mic. 
Growing on the ground in woods; New York. Atkinson. 
Pileus 1-2 cm. in diameter, the stipe 4-5 cm. long and 3-4 mm. 
in thickness. 
10. LEPIOTA ECITODORA Atkinson, Journal Mycol. 
1902. 
Pileus thin, convex, pale lavender, minutely scaly or pruin- 
ose; the veil powdery and evanescent. Stipe tapering down¬ 
ward, white and pruinose above, dark brown to blackish below. 
Lamellae narrow, rounded behind, free, yellowish; spores cyl- 
indric, 9-11 x 2.0-2.5 mic. 
Growing on the ground in woods. New York. Atkinson . 
Pileus 2 cm. in diameter, the stipe 4-5 cm. long and 2-3 mm. 
thick. “Odor foetid resembling that of Eciton ants.” 
11. LEPIOTA PULVERACEA Peck, 54th N. Y. Rep. 
1900. 
Pileus convex then expanded, pulverulent or minutely granu- 
lose, whitish or fulvescent; the veil evanescent. Stipe thick, hol¬ 
low, granulose or squamulose below the annulus and colored as 
the pileus. Lamellae white or yellowish, adnexed; spores oval 
4x3 mic. 
Growing in woods on prostrate trunks of Spruce trees. New 
York. Peck. Pileus 2-3 cm. in diameter, the stipe 3-5 cm. long 
and 3-4 mm. in thickness. 
12. LEPIOTA PUSILLOMYCES Peck, 28th N. Y. Rep. 
i8 75- . 
Pileus ovoid then campanulate and expanded, subumbonate. 
