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II. 244. VAGINATA. Esenbeck. Boot-mushroom,
Stem cylindrical at bottom ; volva cylindrical ; collar ;
cap fleshy; gills crowded, equal.—Poisonous.
1. Vaginata livida. Livid boot-mushroom.
. Stem long, white ; cap bossed, flattish, streaked, livid
lead-colour; gills white.
Agaricus vaginatus, Bulliard Herb. 512, M. ,
Agaricus plumbeus, Scheeff. Fung. 35 & 36.
Boders of shady woods, after long rains.
2. Vaginata spadicea. Dark-lay loot-mushrooiti.
Stem scaly, brown ; cap rather bellshape, bossed, streaked,
brittle, bay ; gills white.
Agaricus fuscus, Schceff. Fung. 95.
Amanita spadicea, Persoon Syn. 248,2.
In fir plantations.
3. Vaginata virgata. Stiff hoot-inushroom.
Thalli in tufts; cap bellshape, conical, hairy, grey and
black, stiff; gills powdery, cinnamon-red.
Agaricus volvaceiis, Bulliard Herb. 261.
Amaiiila virgata, Persoon Syn. 249,4.
In the bark-bed of hot-houses ; summer.
III. 245. LEPIOTA. Persoon. Lepiote.
Stem central ; volua ; collar distinct ; cap fleshy ; pHIs
equal in length, or mixed with shorter, juiceless, not variegated.—Wholesome.
1 Lepiola procera. Tall lepiote,
Thallus large ; steyn bulbous, very long ; collar moveable j
cap fleshy, bossed, scaly, reddish-grey ; gills very far apart,
whitish.
Agaricus procerus, Scheeff. Fung. 22 & 23; Sowerby Fungi, 190.
In woods.
Thallus elegant, esculent.
/3. excoriatus. Thallus small, whitish ; scales scarcely dis-
cernible.
Agaricus excoriatus, Schceff. Fung. 18 & 19; Sibth. Ox. 341.
2. Lepiota coluhrina. Snake lepiote,
Thallus large ; stem rather long, villous, soft ; collar
decaying; cap bellshape, scaly, pale; scales large, scat-*
tered, reddish ;
gills whitish, free.
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