North American Flora: Agaricales, Agaricaceae (Vol. 10 ... - MykoWeb

PART 1, 1914] AGARICACEAE 41
4. Limacella bentista (Morgan) Murrill.
Lepiota bentista Morgan, Jour. Myc. 13: 14. 1907.
Pileus fleshy, globose to convex and expanded, 5-8 cm. broad; surface viscid, smooth,
membranous, whitish or pale-alutaceous; context thin, white; lamellae narrow, close, white,
free; spores ovoid-ellipsoid, 9-11X5-6/4; stipe slightly bulbous at the base, subequal, stuffed,
white, smooth but viscid, 6-8 cm. long, 8-12 mm. thick; annulus thin, white, membranous.
TYPE LOCALITY: Blue Mounds, Wisconsin.
HABITAT: On the ground.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.
5. Limacella fulvodisca (Peck) Murrill, Mycologia 4: 212. 1912.
Lepiota fulvodisca Peck, Bull. Torrey Club 22: 198. 1895.
Pileus thin, fragile, convex or nearly plane, obtuse or umbonate, 2.5-4 cm. broad; surface
viscid when moist, white, the disk or umbo fulvous or tawny-brown; lamellae free, white,
narrow, crowded; spores ovoid-ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, usually uninucleate, slightly apicu-
late at one end, 7.5-10X4-5 p\ stipe slender, abruptly bulbous, viscid, white or whitish, hollow,
5-7.5 cm. long, 2-3 mm. thick; annulus thin, membranous, pure-white.
TYPE LOCALITY: Pasadena, California.
HABITAT: Woods or shaded lawns.
DISTRIBUTION: California.
6. Limacella McMurphyi Murrill, Mycologia 4: 213. 1912.
Pileus fleshy, convex, solitary, 3.5-4 cm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous, evidently viscid
when fresh, pinkish-cream-colored, not striate; context white, rather thick, with farinaceous
taste and odor; lamellae free, crowded, inserted, ventricose, white; spores globose, smooth,
hyaline, 3.5-4 n; stipe slightly tapering upward, subglabrous, even, white, solid, 4-6X0.5-1
cm. ; annulus superior, ample, persistent, white.
TYPE LOCALITY: Searsville Lake, California.
HABITAT: Among leaves under redwoods.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.
7. Limacella roseicremea Murrill, Mycologia 4: 212. 1912.
Pileus convex to plane, with a broad umbo, slow to expand, solitary, 6 cm. broad; surface
smooth, glabrous, viscid, cream-colored tinged with rose, margin inflexed, not striate; context
white, odor farinaceous; lamellae free, rather close, arcuate, white; spores globose, smooth
corroded, apparently not maturing, white but not transparent, 4-5 ¡J.; stipe subequal, enlarge,
at the base, white, fleshy, solid, smooth, glabrous, viscid, often very long, 5-10 cm. long, 0.8-
1.2 cm. thick; veil ample, membranous, persistent, superior, remaining for some time stretched
from margin to stipe.
TYPE LOCALITY: Seattle, Washington.
HABITAT: On the ground in woods.
DISTRIBUTION: Washington.
8. Limacella glischra (Morgan) Murrill.
Lepiota glischra Morgan, Jour. Myc. 12: 203. 1906.
Pileus fleshy, subovoid to convex and expanded, 3-4 cm. broad; epidermis a thin layer of
brown gluten, thickest at the center rendering it darker colored, this glutinous layer being
continuous with the marginal veil and running down and enveloping the stipe; context rather
thin, white; lamellae broad, close, white, rounded behind, free, approximate; spores globose or
ovoid, apiculate, 4-5 X 4 /t; stipe tapering upward, solid, whitish-fibrillose beneath the brown
gluten, 4-6 cm. long, 3-4 mm. thick.
TYPE LOCALITY: Preston, Ohio.
HABITAT: Rich soil in woods.
DISTRIBUTION: Ohio and Tennessee.