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22. LEPIOTA METULISPORA, Agaricus metulae- 
sporus B. & Br., Fungi of Ceylon, 1870. 
Pileus fleshy, ovoid then campanulate and explanate, subum- 
bonate; the flesh very thin and fragile, white or yellowish; the 
dermis radiately fibrillose, at length rimulose-sulcate; the cut¬ 
icle thin, at first continuous, pale ochraceous to fulvous and 
rufous, soon lacerate into small scales; the veil lacerate; ap- 
pendiculate. Stipe slender, hollow, fragile, tapering slightly up¬ 
ward, with a white or yellowish, floccose-fibrillose cuticle be¬ 
low the annulus. Lamellae rather narrow, close, free, white or 
yellowish; spores oblanceolate, 9-12x3-4 mic. 
Solitary or gregarious; growing among old leaves in woods. 
Southern U. S. Common about Preston, O. Pileus 2-4 cm. in 
diameter, the stipe 5-7 cm. long and 3-5 mm. thick. This seems 
to be a more delicate and fragile plant than L. clypeolaria; it is 
considered a “form” of the Ceylon species; it certainly does 
not strictly agree with the figures or the descriptions of the 
Ceylon or English species. 
23 . LEPIOTA SPANISTA Morgan, sp. nov. 
Pileus fleshy, ovoid then campanulate and expanded, sub- 
umbonate; the flesh thin, white; the dermis radiately fibrillose, 
at first continuous, alutaceous to pale umber, the cuticle at 
length separating into appressed scales; the veil lacerate, appen- 
diculate. Stipe tapering upward from a thickened base, fistu¬ 
lous, fibrous-stuffed, squamulose below the annulus and colored 
as the pileus. Lamellae rather broad, close, white, approximate; 
spores elliptic-oblong, 8-11x5 mic. 
Growing amongst rotten wood in woods. Preston, Ohio. 
Pileus 3-5 cm. in diameter, the stipe 4-6 cm. in length and 5-8 
mm. thick. A plant of firmer texture than L. metulispora. Ap¬ 
parently more closely related to L. helveola Bresadola, Fungi 
Tridentini. 
24 . LEPIOTA SUBLILACEA Peck, Bull. Torr. Club. 
1897. 
Pileus fleshy, convex, obtuse or umbonate; the flesh thin 
white; the dermis brownish- tinged with lilac, separating into 
small floccose scales; the veil slight, evanescent. Stipe short, 
solid, colored as the pileus below the annulus. Lamellae rather 
broad, subdistant, free, whitish; the spores elliptic, 10x5 mic. 
uniguttulate. 
Growing on bare ground in pastures. Kansas, Bartholomew. 
Pileus 1 - 2.5 cm. m diameter, the stipe 1-2.5 cm - long and 2-4 
mm., thick. This plant appears to have some resemblance to L. 
lilacea Bresadola. 
25 . LEPIOTA FLORALIS B. & Rav., N. A. Fungi No. 
4- 1853. 
Pileus fleshy, convex then explanate; the flesh very thin, 
white: "he dermis radiately fibrillose and striate around the mar- 
