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HYMENOMYCETES 
P. f-ij in., cuticle continuous at first, becoming broken 
up into reddish-brown scales, usually arranged in a con¬ 
centric manner ; ground colour, whitish, and minutely silky. 
G. free, then remote, pallid. 5 . 2-2J in., smooth, whitish, 
or tinged brown. R. distant, soon falling away. A common 
autumnal species in fields, lawns, and gardens; of scattered 
habit, with strong smell and taste. 
L. clypeolaria (clypeus, a shield—from the shape of the 
pileus) may be known from the above by the scaly stem, 
gills very close to the stem, and the very weak smell. 
Uncommon. 
L. granulosa (from the granular pileus). 
P. J--I in., obtusely umbonate, scurfy, brownish or nearly 
white; margin often fringed with the remains of the veil. 
F. reddish. G. slightly adnexed, crowded, broad, white. 
S. 1-2J in., equal, smooth, pale, stuffed, then hollow. A 
somewhat gregarious species ; very common in sum. and ant. 
in woods and on heaths. 
L. carcharias (Gr. karcharias —from a fancied resemblance 
in the granules of the pileus to the teeth of a dog-fish), of 
frequent occurrence under firs, may be known from the 
preceding by the strong smell and bitter taste. 
L. amianthina (Gr. amiantos , undefiled — from its pure 
colour) differs from L. granulosa in the adnate gills and 
yellow flesh, especially of the stem. An uncommon 
species. 
AMANITOPSIS 
(From its relationship to Amanita) 
A. vaginata (1 vagina , a sheath—from the volva). Plate 
XXXVI. 3. 
P. 2-5 in., rarely with fragments of the volva attached, 
shining when dry, margin membranaceous and coarsely 
striate, colour variable. G. free, not much crowded, white 
