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30. L. M E L EA G R IS Quél. (from its markings, as of the guinea-fowl,
tneleagris) a b c.
P. pale salmon ; sc. minute, almost black. St. bulbous-rooting,
black-spotted, blackish at base. G. white or lemon-yellow.
Flesh bright red when broken, reddish when dry.
Hothouses, greenhouses, on spent tan ; rare. May-Oct. X 2j X in.
31. L. B IO R N A TA Sacc. (from its twofold ornamentation) a c.
P. whitish ; sc. dot-like, dark red. St. enlarged below, rooting,
red-spotted. A. red-spotted at marg. Flesh white, reddish
in St., dark when dry.
In hot-heds, stoves, melon and cucumber frames. July. 2j X 4i X in.
32. L. hispida Gill, (from the rough pileus ; hispidus, rough) a b.
P. velvety, rich brown. St. woolly-scaly, brown below A. Flesh
unchanging white.
Odour disagreeable, somewhat pungent of radishes. Woods, chiefly pine.
July-Oct. 3 X 3 X § in.
33. L. elypeolaria Quél, (from the shield-like pileus; clypeus, a
shield) a b c.
P. floccoso-scaly, sometimes pale buff, rosy or rufescent. St.
scaly, whitish. Flesh white.
Odour weak or none. Woods, stoves, greenhouses. Oct.-Nov. 2|X 3|X J in.
Colour variable, sometimes wholly white. Sometimes very small.
Var. alba Bres. (from the dead-white colour) b.
P. fleshy, convex, then expanded, broadly umbonate, silky-
white ; mid. glabrous ; marg. fibrilloso-flocculose, then squamulose,
becoming yellowish with age. St. equal or attenuate
downwards, white, somewhat fuscous at base, white-floccose
and yellow-spotted below the distant, fioccose, fugacious tvhite A.
G. free, crowded, white then ochreous. Flesh white, somewhat
yellowish in stem. Often forming a spurious second A.
Edible. On the ground. Nov.
33a. L. felina Karst, (from the markings on the pileus ; felis, a
cat) a b.
P. subumbonate, black when young, then black-scaly on a white
ground. St. white, often black-scaly below. A. large, often
black-dotted.
Woods, fir, amongst moss. May-Sept. l i X 3 X in.
33b. L. nigromarginata Mass. (from the black-edged gills) a b.
P. campanulato-expanded, subumbonate; sc. umber on a pale
sienna-ochre ground. St. hollow, attenuate upwards, smooth,
salmon-white. A. persistent, membranous, white. G. broader
in front, whitish; edge bordered with dark umber. Flesh
thin.
Amongst grass. May. 2 X 2| x -S, in. Allied to 33, and especially to 33a,
but differing from both in the dark-edged gills.
34. L. metulæspora Sacc. (from its obelisk-shaped spores; inetula,
an obelisk) a b c.
P. umbonate, white; um. and sc. pallid; marg. sulcate. V.
appendiculate. St. pallid or lemon-colour within and without.
Odour weak or none. Woods, fir, amongst moss and leaves ; rare. Sept.-
Oct. i j X 2j X in.
35. L. eristata Quél, (from the scaly-crested pileus) a b c.
P. white ; sc. and mid. bright dark brown. St. not scaly, brown
at base. Sometimes red when broken.
Suspected poisonous. Taste strong, disagreeable ; odour pungent, mephitic,
sulphurous, or like radishes, but noxious. Fields, orchards, gardens,
lawns, etc. ; common. Aug.-Nov. 2j X 3i X in. Sometimes red when
broken.
36. L. erminea Gill, (from the ermine-like pileus) a b c. Wholly
white. Very fragile.
P. silky.
Taste radish-like or none; odour slight. Grassy places. Sept.-Nov.
2 X 3i X in.
37. L. M IC R O PH O L IS Sacc. (from the minute scales on the pileus ;
Gr. mikros, small, pholis, a scale).
P. white; sc. radiating, erect, dark grey or black; marg. sub-
striate. St. white.
Stoves on coco-nut fibre, f X i X in.
c. Annulosoe.
38. L. Vittadinii Quél, (after Carlo Vittadini, Italian mycologist) a b.
Wholly white or whitish.
P . rough with pointed sc. St. concentrically scaly. A. large.
Suspected poisonous. Groves, pastures, downs. June-Aug. 5j X 6J X J in.
Allied to Amanita.
38a. L. nympharum Karst, (from its beauty, as of a wood-nymph) a b.
P. umbonate, covered with large revolute scales, white. St.
white, or faintly buff-stained below. G. crowded, ventricose,
white.
Grassy places. Oct. 4 X 4I X J in.
39. L. holoserieea Gill, (from the silky pileus ; Gr. holos, entire,
serikos, silken) a b c. Buff-white. Substance very soft.
P. fibrilloso-silky, then even. St. longitudinally fibrillose, then
even. A. large.
Edible. Odour none. Gardens, cultivated places. Sept.-Oct. 3jX 2| x f i n .
40. L. naueina Quél, (from the nut-like flavour; nucinus, of a
nut) a b c. Buff-white.
P. granular; marg. not plicate, appendiculate with V. A. large.
G. becoming faintly rosy. Flesh white, usually becoming pale
salmon or salmon-brownish when cut.
Somewhat cæspitose. Edible. Taste mild, pleasant ; odour strong. Fields ;
rare. July-Oct. 5 X 3j X | in. Compare 790.