Sept. 1906] North American Species of Lepiota 
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38 . LEPIOTA OBLITA Peck. 26 N. Y. Rep. 1873 and 
35 N. Y. Rep. 
Pileus fleshy, convex and expanded, subumbonate; smooth 
or obscurely spotted or scaly, viscid, alutaceous inclining to tawny, 
the umbo generally darker. Stipe equal or slightly tapering up¬ 
ward, smooth at the top, floccose and viscid elsewhere, fistulous, 
fibrous-stuffed. Lamellae crowded, free, whitish or yellowish, 
some of them forked; spores elliptic 5-6 x 3-4 mic. 
Growing in frondose woods. New York, P,eck. Pileus 5-7 
cm. in diameter, the stipe 5-7 cm. long and about 6 mm. thick. 
39. LEPIOTA GLISCHRA Morgan sp. nov. Agaricus 
oblitus Morgan, Myc. Flora M. V. 
Pileus fleshy, subovoid then convex and expanded; the flesh 
rather thin, white; the epidermis a thin layer of brown gluten, 
thickest at the center rendering it darker colored; this glutinous 
layer continuous with the marginal veil and running down and 
enveloping the stipe. Stipe tapering upward, solid, whitish- 
fibrillose beneath the brown gluten. Lamellae broad, close, white, 
rounded behind, free, approximate; spores globose or ovoid, 
apiculate, 4-5 x 4 mic. 
Growing in rich soil in woods. Preston, O. Pileus 3-4 cm. 
in diameter, the stipe 4-6 cm. long and 3-4 mm. thick. 
40. LEPIOTA FULVODISCA Peck. Bull Torr. Club. 
1895. 
Pileus thin, convex or nearly plane, obtuse or umbonate, 
viscid, white, the umbo fulvous. Stipe slender, flexuous, viscid, 
hollow, white or whitish, abruptly bulbous at the base; the an¬ 
nulus thin, membranaceous, white. Lamellae narrow, close, free, 
white; spores elliptic-ovoid, 8-10x4-5 mic. uniguttulate. 
Growing on the ground among old leaves in woods. Cal¬ 
ifornia, M. Clatchie. Pileus 2-4 cm. in diameter, the stipe 5-8 
cm. long and 2-3 mm. thick. 
41. LEPIOTA ILLINITA Fries. Obs. Myc. II. 1818. 
Icones Sel. Tab. 16 . 
Pileus fleshy, ovoid then campanulate and expanded sub¬ 
umbonate ; the white pileus invested by a thick glutinous layer, pel¬ 
lucid or scarcely colored, which is at first continuous downward 
upon the stipe. Stipe slender, equal, fistulous, fibrous-stuffed, 
white beneath the glutinous cuticle. Lamellae broad, close, free, 
white ; spores broadly elliptic, 5-6 x 4 mic. « 
Growing on the ground in grassy woods and fields. New 
York, Peck; Vermont, Morgan ; Pacific Coast. Pileus 4-7 cm. 
in diameter, the stipe 5-8 cm. long and 4-6 mm. thick. 
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