rds the cap, annulate. When dried the whole plant has a
brownish-red hue. When cut or bruised it sometimes exudes a reddish
juice. Miss Banning reports specimens found in Druid Hill Park,
Baltimore. I have gathered very beautiful specimens in Montgomery
county, Md. This mushroom sometimes grows to a very large size.

L. _excoriata_ has a pale fawn-colored cap, slightly umbonate, with thin
cuticle, breaking into scales; gills remote, white; stem white, hollow,
and short, nearly cylindrical. Odor faint, pleasant.

L. _rubrotincta_ Pk. "_Red-tinted Agaric_." Cap reddish or pinkish,
broadly umbonate and clothed with adpressed scales; gills whitish, free,
and close; stem nearly equal or slightly thickened at the base, with a
well-developed persistent white or pinkish ring. Spores white,
sub-elliptical.

L. _holosericeus_ Fries has a fleshy white cap, soft, silky, and
fibrillose, a solid bulbous stem, with persistent broad, reflexed ring,
and free ventricose, white gills. Edible. It is found in gardens and
cultivated places.

L. _acutesquamosa_ Wein, found in greenhouses and soil in gardens, is a
heavy but not very tall species. The cap is obtuse, and fleshy, at first
floccose. As the cap expands it bristles with erect pointed tufts or
scales. The gills are white or yellowish, lanceolate and simple, free
from the stem. Stem bulbous, somewhat stuffed, rough or silky below the
ring, and downy above. Ring persistent. Color of cap whitish or light
brown, with darker scales.

L. _granulosus_ Batsch. Cap thin, wrinkled or corrugated, granulose,
mealy; gills white, _reaching the stem_, sometimes free. Plants very
small and varying in color--pink, yellow, and white, according to
variety.

L. _amiantha_. Plants very small, ochraceous in color, with yellow flesh
and white gills _adnate_ and crowded.

L. _cepaestipes_ Sow. Cap thin, broad, sub-membranaceous, broadly
umbonate, adorned with mealy evanescent scales, margin irregular; gills
white, at length remote. Stem hollow and floccose, narrow at top,
ventricose; ring evanescent. Generally found in hothouses. Cap 1 to 3
inches broad. Stem 3 to 6 inches high. Spores white.

L. _cristata_ is a common species found on lawns and in fields where the
grass is short. The plants are small, the cap from 1/2 to 1-1/2 inches in
width. Not very fleshy. The cuticle of the cap is at first continuous
and smooth but soon breaks into reddish scales. The stem is fistulose,
slender and equal; gi