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base, fistulous silky-fibrillose or nearly glabrous, at first white; 
the annulus membranaceous, subpersistent. Lamellae broad 
rather distant, at first white, free, sub-remote; spores elliptic- 
oblong, obliquely apiculate, 7-9 x 4-5 mic. uniguttulate. 
Growing among old leaves in woods. W. Virginia, Lloyd; 
Preston, O. Pileus 1-3 cm. in diameter, the stipe 3-5 cm. long 
and 2-3 mm. in thickness. The peculiarity of the plant is that 
when handled it exhibits changing tints of red, green and blue; 
finally when dried it takes on a permanent bluish color. 
52. LEPIOTA RUFESCENS Morgan sp. nov., Agaricus 
FUSCOSQUAMEUS MORGAN, MYC. FLORA M. V. 
Pileus fleshy, ovoid then convex and expanded, subumbo- 
nate; the flesh thin, white, reddening when cut; the dermis radi- 
ately fibrillose, whitish beneath the cuticle; cuticle continuous till 
near maturity, whitish, pinkish and rufescent, at length separat¬ 
ing into minute scales. Stipe tapering upward, fistulous, fibrous- 
stuffed, rufescent beneath the white-fibrillose cuticle; the annulus 
thin, membranaceous. Lamellae rather broad, close, white, rufes¬ 
cent, free, approximate.; spores elliptic-ovoid, obliquely apiculate, 
6-8 x 4-5 mic. 
Growing among old leaves and rotten wood in woods. Pres¬ 
ton, O. Pileus 3-5 cm. in diameter; the stipe 5-7 cm. in length, 
4-6 mm. thick at the apex and 7-10 mm. at the base. The whole 
plant when handled changes gradually to a reddish-brown color, 
when completely dried it is black. This may be the plant Lloyd 
doubtfully referred to Lepiota meleagris. 
c. Scales of the pileus brown or blackish. 
53. LEPIOTA SUBCLYPEOLARIA B. & C., Fungi Cub. 
1867 Cooke, Australian Fungi, and Grevillea, XIX. Pl. 180. 
Pileus fleshy, at first ovoid then convex and explanate, um- 
bonate; the flesh thin, white, the dermis radiately fibrillose, white 
beneath the cuticle, striate around the margin; the cuticle at first 
continuous, rufous or fuscous, soon broken pu and drawn apart 
as small scattered scales, except upon the umbo. Stipe tapering 
upward, fistulous, white and smooth; the annulus thin, membra¬ 
naceous, persistent. Lamellae rather narrow, distant, white, free 
and remote from the stipe; spores elliptic, 7-8 mic. long. 
Growing about the roots of trees or rotten wood. Cuba, 
Wright. Pileus 3-5 cm. in diameter, the stipe 5-8 cm. in length 
and 3-6 mm. in thickness. The description is based mostly on 
Cooke’s figures. 
