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of 153. They are almost all tasteless or insipid; 455 is fetid and
said by Letellier to be poisonous. None are known to be edible.
Volvaria agrees in structure with Amanitopsis, Acetabularia and
Chitonia. Species 449—457
Pileus dry, silky or fibrillose. 449—453
Pileus more or less viscid, smooth. 454—457
449. V. bombyeina Quél, (from the silky pileus ; bombyx, silk) abc .
P. broadly umbonate, white or pale brownish. St. colour as P.
Vo. large, lax, ochre-sienna or umber. G. becoming rufous.
Solitary or cæspitose. Decayed wood, stumps, hollow trees, ash, elm, birch.
June-Sept. 8J X 7 X i in.
450. V. volvaeea Quél, (from the large volva) abc.
P. campanulate, subumbonate, black-fibrillose on a brown ground
or brown-fibrillose on a white ground. St. white. Vo. large,
lax, umber.
Gregarious. Reputed poisonous. Stoves, on tan, roadsides. 5 X 7 X J in.
Sowerby has modelled an example of this with a large annulus.
451. V. Loveiana Gill, (after the Rev. R. T. Lowe) abc.
P. convex, w'hite-silky. St. white. Vo. lax, whitish. G. thick.
Gregarious, subcæspitose. On 153 and other species of Clitocybe. 2^ X 2 x
f in.
452. V. Taylorii Gill, (after Michael A. Taylor) abc.
P. expanded, subumbonate, rimóse, whitish; marg. faint umber.
St. white. Vo. lax, small, white or umber. G. sinuato-free,
irregular, attenuate near St.
Odour none. On the ground, gardens. July-Oct. 2§ X 2 X J in. Variable
in size, sometimes as small as 463 and smaller than 467.
453. V. T EM P E R A T A Sacc. (from its growing in temperate greenhouses)
a b.
P. campanulate, umbonate, pulverulent, pale ochreous-sienna ;
marg. striate. St. white. Vo. ample, faintly ochreous.
Greenhouses. Feb. f X J X A in.
454. V. speciosa Gill, (speciosus, handsome) abc.
P. campanulate, subumbonate, whitish, greyish or brownish;
mid. darker. St. attenuate upwards, white. Vo. bulb-like,
white.
Odour strong. Roadsides, rubbish heaps, manure heaps; rare. June-Oct.
4 X 6J X J in.
455. V. gloioeephala Gill, (from its glutinous pileus; Gr. gloios,
sticky, kephale, a head) abc .
P. convex, subumbonate, whitish; marg. striate, greyish or
brownish; mid. darker. St. subfibrillose, pale brownish or
tawny. Vo. bulb-like, adpressed, brown. G. serrulate, becoming
reddish.
Probably poisonous. Taste disagreeable ; odour strong, offensive, like putrid
broad beans. On the ground. June-Nov. 4j X 6f X J in. Fragments
of Vo. often left on P.
456. V. media Gill, (from its intermediate position between 455
and 457) abc.
P. convexo-plane, subumbonate, white ; mid. pale brownish ;
marg. pale rose. St. white. Vo. small, lax, spreading ;
whitish.
Woods, on the ground. Aug.-Oct. 2j x 3 X J in.
457. V. parvula Quél, {parvulus, small) abc. Whitish.
P. convexo-plane, subumbonate. Vo. large, lax.
Gregarious. Pastures, gardens, fir-woods, dead wood ; frequent. May-Oct.
i j X X J in. A minute form of this occurs in stoves.
XIII. ANNULARIA Gill.
(From the annulate stem.)
Veil universal, concrete with the cuticle of the pileus. PPymenophore
distinct from the fleshy stem. Pileus plane or broken up into minute
squamules. Stem central, annulate, hollow. Gills free. (Fig. 22.)
Fig. 22.—Section of A fin u la r ia Icevis Gill.
One-half n atural size.
Terrestrial. Annularia agrees in structure with Lepiota, Togaria
and Psalliota.
457a. A. Isevis Gill, (from the usually smooth pileus; IcBvis,
smooth) a b.
P. convex, expanded, obtuse to subumbonate, smooth, glabrous
or minutely squamulose, white or pallid. St. slightly attenuate
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