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V. ARMILLARIA Quél.
(From the annulus; armilla, a ring.)
Veil universal, imperfect, remaining as minute, concrete -warts or
flocci on the pileus and as the scales of the stem. Hymenophore
confluent and homogeneous with the fleshy stem. Pileus usually
fleshy, the surface broken up into small scurfy warts or fioccose
scales. Stem central, of the same substance with the pileus, annulate.
Gills sinuato-adnexed, adnate or decurrent. Spores white, elliptical,
smooth. (Fig. 14.)
The species grow on the ground or on or about stumps.
Must not be confounded with the last section of Amanita.
Species 61—72
Stem furnished with a fugitive annulus. Gills sinuato-adnexed. 61—68
Stem furnished with a sometimes fugitive annulus. Gills more or
less decurrent. 69—71
Stem annulate. Gills adnate, varying rounded, sinuate or sinuato-
decurrent. 72
61. A. bulbigep Quél, (from the bulbous stem) a b c. .
P. subumbonate, nearly smooth, pale yellowish or buff. St.
strongly bulbous, whitish, longitudinally black fibrillose. G.
becoming pale yellowish. Flesh whitish.
Taste and odour none. 'Woods, pine. Oct.-Nov. X 3j X J in.
62. A. foealis Gill, (from the thick clothy annulus; focale, a neckcloth)
a b.
P. umbonate, silky-fibrillose, rich yellowish-red, ochre or livid
yellow. Flesh pale yellowish-brown.
Woods, pine, heaths, bare ground under old laurels. Aug.-Oc t.
4Ì X 3f X 4 in. The dimensions of the variety called Goliath by Fries are
6Ï X 6f X I f in.
63. A. robusta Gill, (from its sturdy growth) a b c.
P. convex, nearly smooth, rich brown. St. attenuate downwards,
not scaly, brownish-white. Flesh hard.
Odour of new meal, but nauseous. Woods and plantations, pine, maple ;
rare. Oct. 2^ X 2 x f in. The form major is twice the size of minor,
the form illustrated.
63a. A. caligata Gill, (from a fancied resemblance in the stem to a
leg with a soldier’s shoe, caliga) b.
P. compact, convex, then plane, tawny, weasel-colour, spotted
with adpressed silky sq. of the same colour. St. solid, zoned
with brown sq. below the persistent membranous A.
G. emarginate, white.
Odour strong. On the ground in woods, pine. Autumn. 3 i X 3§ X i j in.
Agaricus causetta Barla, is a form of this species.
64. A. aurantia Quél, (from its orange colour) a b.
P. convex, innato-squamulose, viscid. St. very scaly. Flesh
yellowish.
Woods, pine. Oct. 2f X 3 f X J in.
65. A. ramentaeea Quél, (from a fancied resemblance in the pileus
to wood-shavings, ranienta) a c.
P. fioccose becoming revolute, whitish, then yellowish or
brownish ; sc. and punctate mid. darker. St. white, clad with adpressed
brown sc. below A. G. becoming yellowish. Flesh white.
Odour unpleasant. Under pines ; uncommon. Sept. 2j X 2j x yV in.
Allied to Lepiota.
66. A. hæmatites Sacc. (from the colour of the pileus ; Gr. haima,
blood) a.
P. hemispherical, red liver-colour. St. liver-colour. Flesh pale
liver-colour, darker at base of St.
Amongst fir-leaves. Nov. l | X l | X 4 in- Allied to Lepiota.
67. A. Jasonis Sacc. (from a fancied resemblance in the pileus to the
golden fleece of Jason) a b.
P. campanulate, granular, golden-yellow ; mid. reddish. St. golden-
yellow.
Cæspitose. Taste none ; odour usually none, but sometimes strong. Stumps.
Sept. 2 X 2j X ps in. Resembling Pholiota.
68. A. eonstrieta Gill, (from the compact substance ; constrictus,
compact) a. White.
P. convex, silky-smooth. Flesh becoming pale yellow when
bruised.
Odour of new meal. Pastures, sunny and urine-scorched places. Sept.-Oct.
2 X i f X I in.