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41. L. C E P 7E S T IP E S Quél, (from the onion- or chive-shaped stem ;
cepa, an onion, stipes, a stem) a b c. White, pale lemon, or
sulphur.
P. fioccose ; marg. plicate. St. fioccose. A. fugacious.
Gregarious. Stoves, frames, pine-pits, on tan and leaves, melon-beds, etc. ;
common. Mar.-Sept. 2f X 4I X § in. Sometimes becomes vinous or
claret-colour in drying.
Var. cretacea Sacc. P. white ; sc. darker.
42. L. eitrophylla Sacc. (from the lemon-tinted gills) a c. Lemonyellow.
P. sc. rufous ; um. rich-brown ; marg. not crenate or sulcate
St. squamulose. A. fugacious. Plesh and G. sometimes
change to green.
On the ground ; rare. Oct. X i f X J in.
43. L. L iCM O P H O R A Sacc. (from the sulcate pileus : a fancied resemblance
to a winnowing fan, Gr. lihnos) a b c.
P. lemon-yellow. A. small. G. remote.
Hothouses, conservatories, etc., on the ground, on coco-nut fibre. Aug.-Oct.
2j X 4Ì X in. Resembles a Bolbitius or a yellow Hygrophorus. Sometimes
wholly sulphur-white. At one time regarded as a var. of 41.
d. Granulosce.
44. L. eareharias Karst, (from a fancied resemblance in the granules
of the pileus to the teeth of a dog-fish, Gr. karcharias) a b c.
P. Flesh-colour; gr. darker. A. granulose.
Taste disagreeable, bitter or none ; odour faint to strong of meal. Woods,
fir. May-Nov. 2 x IJ X in. Sometimes very small.
45. L. einnabarina Karst, (from the cinnabar or vermilion colour)
a b c.
P. granular, often coarsely so ; marg. fimbriate with V. St.
granular below A., orange-vermilion.
Taste mild. Woods, fir, grassy places. Sept.-Nov. 2j X 2j X yk in.
Agaricus Terreyi B. & Br. is a form of this species.
46. L. granulosa Quél, (from the granular pileus) a b c.
P. fioccoso-granular, red-brown. St. granular-scaly, red-brown
below. G. slightly adnexed, sometimes adnate.
Woods, fir, grassy places ; very common. July-Nov. 2 X 2 j X 3^ in.
There is a white var. rufescens Sacc., which becomes red in drying.
46a. L. atroeroeea Mass. (ater, black, crocetts, saffron) a b,
P. expanded, slightly depressed, bright salmon-orange, more or
less covered with purple-brown almost black granular flocci.
St. hollow, attenuate upwards, bright salmon-orange ; salmon-
brown-squamulose. A. fugacious. G. broadly adnate, salmon-
white. Flesh thin ; salmon-orange-brown.
Oct. X X J in. Allied to 46 and 47.
47. L. amianthina Karst, (from its pure colour ; Gr. amiantos, undefiled)
a b.
P. ochraceous ; mid. orange. St. squamulose, yellow. A. fugacious.
G. adnate or slightly decurrent, becoming light yellowish.
Flesh wholly or partially yellow.
Woods ; uncommon. Aug.-Nov. i j X 2 X J in. A form occurs inter-
mediate between this and 46.
Var. Broadwoodicp Sacc. P. hemispherical, tomentose, yellow ; G. white.
48. L. polystieta Gill, (from the many-spotted pileus ; Gr. polus,
many, stikios, spotted) a b c.
P. fleshy, livid-brownish ; sc. small, red-brown. A. fugacious.
G. faintly yellowish.
Taste insipid ; odour none or mephitic, like 35. Grassy places, roadsides, etc. ;
uncommon. Sept.-Nov. 2 X i f X f in.
e. Mesomorphce.
48a. L. parvannulata Gill, (from the small annulus) a.
P. umbonate or gibbous, at first slightly pruinose, white to
faintly yellowish. St. fibrillose below A., white. A. spreading,
subpersistent.
Pastures. Autumn. J X iJ X in.
49. L. sistrata Quél, (from a fancied resemblance to a rattle,
sistrum) a b.
P. shining-atomate, whitish, becoming light yellowish or flesh-
colour; marg. appendiculate with V. St. pruinoso-silky, white.
A. fibrillose.
Sandy ground amongst grass, gardens, etc. Oct. I X 2 X J in.
50. L. seminuda Gill, (from the partially mealy pileus and stem ;
semi, half, nudus, naked) a b c. Whitish or flesh-coloured,
P. floccoso-mealy then naked, usually white. St. mealy and
flesh-coloured below, naked and white above. G. adnate
Odour none. Woods. May-Nov. f X i j X pg in.
51. L. Bueknalli Sacc. (after Cedric Bucknall) a c. White.
P. and St. minutely granular, lilac.
Odour strong of gas-tar. Oct. i J X 2j x J in.
52. L. mesomorpha Gill, (from its intermediate characters; Gx.mesos,
middle, morphe, form) a b c. Whitish, yellowish, brownish
or brown.
P. and St. smooth. A. entire, persistent.
Woods. Oct.-Dec. i j x i } X p^ in.
53. L. MARTiALis Sacc. (from its red colour) a b.
P . fibrillose, ochreous-red ; marg. striate. St. ochreous above,
rufous below.
Conservatories, tree-fern stems. March, i j X I§ X in.
54. L. lA N T H iN A Sacc. (from the violet pileus ; Gr. ion, a violet) a.
P. fibrillose; mid. darker; marg. not striate.
Stoves. March. I X l i X 4 in.
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