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; gills free. Odor and taste somewhat strong and unpleasant. [Illustration: Plate XI-1/2. Agaricus (Lepiota) cepaestipes--var. cretaceus, Peck. (Lepiota cretacea.) Edible. From Nature.] PLATE XI-1/2. =Ag. (Lepiota) cepaestipes=, variety =cretaceus= Peck (=Lepiota cretacea=). EDIBLE. This very delicate and beautiful agaric is found on tan and leaves in hothouses. The specimens here delineated were gathered in one of the hothouses of the Agricultural Department and first described and figured in _Food Products_, No. 2, of the report of the Division of Microscopy. The plants are a pure white throughout, and both stem and pileus are covered with small chalk-white mealy tufts. Berkeley says, "this species is probably of exotic origin, as it never grows in the open air." It is also met with in the hothouses of Europe. Specimens have been received from contributors who gathered them in greenhouses in different localities. This species should not be confounded with the purplish-brown spored mushroom Agaricus (Psalliota) cretaceus, which has pink gills turning to dark brown and is allied to the common meadow mushroom. Lepiota _cretacea_ is a delicious mushroom when broiled, or cooked in a chafing dish, and served on hot buttered toast. It has a pleasant taste when raw.