140 OUTLINE S OE B l l IT I S I I EUNGOLOGY.
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campanulate, tlicii expanded, sclf-coloured, clotlied with silky
threads ; stem solid, attenuated, smooth ; volva very large, dark
externally; gills free, flesh-coloured. (Plate 7, fig. 1.)
On decaved wood. Rare. Pileus 3—4 inches across; volva
lobed.
203. A. (Volvaria) volvaceus, Bull. ; pileus soft, fleshy, campanulate,
then expanded, obtuse, virgate, with little close-
pressed, black fibres ; stem solid, nearly equal ; volva loose ;
gills free, flesh-colonrcd.—Sow. t. 1 .
In stoves, on the sides of roads, etc. Rare in the latter
situation. Pileus 3-4 inches across.
204. A. (Volvaria) Loveianus, B. ; pileus thin, fleshy, sub-
truncate, globose, then convex, obtuse, white, silky ; stem solid,
attenuated upwards; volva loose, lobod; gills free, rose-coloured.
(Plate 7, fig. 2.)
Parasitic on Jg . nebularis. Very rare. Cæspitose. Pileus
24 inches across. This is A. .surrectus, Knapp in Journ. of a Nat.
205. A. (Volvaria) Taylori, B. ; pileus thin, conical, obtuse,
livid, striato-rimose from the apex; stem pale, solid, nearly
equal ; volva lobed, brown, small ; gills uneven, broad in front,
attenuated behind, rose-coloured.
On the ground. Jersey, Michael Angelo Taylor, Esq. Remarkable
for its attenuated, unequal gills.
206. A. (Volvaria) pusillns, Fr. ; pileus subcampannlate,
submembranaceous, silky, slightly viscid ; stem nearly equal,
solid; volva small, lobed; gills free, rose-coloured.—BmB.
t. 330.
In pastures after stormy weather. Comm.on. Very variable
in size, from a few lines to 2 inches; white, sometimes tinged
with yellow or brown. Stem smooth or squamulose. Exactly
the plant of Bulliard. Whether it is the same with A. parvulus,
Er., is not so clear. Slightly viscid when moist.
** Pileus smooth, viscid.
207. A. (Volvaria) speciosus, Fr. ; pileus soft, fleshy, campanulate,
then expanded, obtuse, smooth, even, viscid; disc
grey; stem solid, somewhat bulbous, attenuated upwards,
villous as well as the loose volva. (Plate 7, fig. 3.)
On dungliills, roadsides, etc. Rare. Pileus 2-3 inches
across.
Subgenus 11. P luteus.—I lyinenopborum distinct from the stem.
A^eil none.
208. A. (Pluteus) cervinus, Schmff. ; pileus fleshy, campanulate,
then expanded, smooth, then breaking up into little
fibres or scales ; margin naked ; stem solid, rough with black
fibrilla; ; gills crowded, free, white, tlieii flesh-coloured.—Sow.
t. 108.
On trunks of trees. Not uncommon. Pileus 2-3 inches
across.
209. A. (Pluteus) umbrinus, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, campanulate,
then expanded, lacunose at first; margin ciliato-fimbriatc ;
stem solid, villoso-squamose; gills free; margin fimbriate.—
Pers. Ic. et descr. t. 2. / . 5, 6 .
On dead trunks. Coed Coch. My form is just that of
Pcrsoon.
210. A. (Pluteus) nanus, P. ; pileus slightly fleshy, convexo-
plane, rugulose, sprinkled with dingy meal ; stem solid, rigid,
short, striate, white ; gills free, white, then flesh-coloured.—
Bull. t. 547. /. 3.
On fallen sticks. AVothorpe, Norths. Pileus about 1 inch
across.
211. A. (Pluteus) petasatus, Fr. ; pileus fleshy in the centre,
campanulate, then expanded, umbonate, quite smooth, viscid,
with a separable cuticle, membranaccons half-way up, and at