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

PART l, 1914] AGARICACEAE 61
resembling the scales on the pileus, 4 cm. long, 2-2.5 mm. thick; veil obsolete, not forming an
annulus.
TYPE LOCALITY: Seattle, Washington.
HABITAT: On the ground in woods.
DISTRIBUTION: Washington.
77. Lepiota umbrosa Morgan, Jour. Myc. 12: 199. 1906.
Pileus fleshy, ovoid to campanulate and expanded, subumbonate, 1.5-2.5 cm. broad;
surface radiate-fibrillose, white beneath the cuticle, which is tawny-brown, darker in the
center, at maturity slightly parted into minute scales, the fibers on the umbo often acutely
convergent; context thin, white; lamellae rather narrow, close, white, rounded behind, free,
approximate; spores oblong-ellipsoid, obliquely apiculate, 5-6X3 M; stipe subequal above the
bulb, fistulöse, fibrous-stuffed, white and smooth above the annulus, fioccose-fibrillose and
rufescent below, with scattered tawny scales, 4-5 cm. long, 2-4 mm. thick; veil flocculose,
partly appendiculate.
TYPE LOCALITY: Preston, Ohio.
HABITAT: On the ground in woods.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.
78. Lepiota pelidna (Berk. & Mont.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 5: 67. 1887.
Agaricus (.Lepiota) pelidnus Berk. & Mont.; Mont. Syll. Crypt. 97. 1856.
Pileus fleshy, ovoid to convex-hemispheric, 7-9 cm. broad; surface furfuraceous, rugose,
livid or greenish-livid, margin appendiculate; lamellae adnexed, rather narrow, white then
reddish, with pallid edges; spores subglobose, smooth, hyaline, 10 M long; stipe bulbous, con-
colorous, furfuraceous-scaly, solid, 11-15 cm. long, 1.5-2 cm. thick, the bulb 3-4 cm. thick;
annulus apical, concolorous, lacerate.
TYPE LOCALITY: Columbus, Ohio.
HABITAT: On logs.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.
79. Lepiota caloceps Atk. Jour. Myc. 8: 115. 1902.
Pileus fleshy, firm, ovoid to convex or expanded, sometimes broadly gibbous, gregarious,
4•8 cm. broad, 3-4 mm. thick; surface wood-brown to tawny-olive when young, often yellowish
toward the margin, cracking areolately, showing the white context ; lamellae firm, free, angular
behind, crowded, dingy-white, 3-4 mm. broad, eroded on the edges; spores narrowly ellipsoid,
obliquely truncate at the base, smooth, hyaline, granular, 6-8X2.5-3 n; stipe fleshy, cylindric,
somewhat bulbous, adorned with patches of the universal veil colored like the pileus, white
above, dull-flesh-colored below, both without and within, hollow, 6-10 cm. long, 6-10 mm.
thick.
TYPE LOCALITY: Ithaca, New York.
HABITAT: Moist woods in a ravine.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.
80. Lepiota spanista Morgan, Jour. Myc. 12: 198\ 1906.
Pileus fleshy, ovoid to campanulate and expanded, subumbonate, 3-5 cm. broad; surface
radiate-fibrillose, at first continuous, alutaceous to pale-umber, the cuticle at length separating
into appressed scales; context thin, white; lamellae rather broad, close, white, approximate;
spores oblong-ellipsoid, 8-10X5-6 ¡x; stipe tapering upward from the thickened base, fistulöse
fibrous-stuffed, squamulose below the annulus and concolorous, 4-6 cm. long, 5-8 mm. thick;
veil lacerate, appendiculate.
TYPE LOCALITY: Preston, Ohio.
HABITAT: On rotten wood in woods.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.