Series 2. H y p o rh o d ii, F r. Epicr. p. 138.
Hyporhodii=uTTo, beneath + p6bov, rose.
Spores pink or salmon-colour.
There is not one quarter so many Agarics bearing pink or salmon-coloured
as white spores. The size of the spores varies greatly. A few are very small,
others equally large, whilst the majority are remarkably irregular, resembling
the fragments of granite seen in the roads. Some of the species are
edible, as in Clltopilus (analogous with the white-spored edible species of
Clitocyhe), whilst others are poisonous, as in Entoloma, reminding us of such
dangerous species of Triclwlovia as A. siilfureus, Bull.
Sub.-Gen. 10. V O LV A R IA . F r. S. M. i., p. 277.
Volvaria = furnished with volva, or wrapper.
Spores regular in shape, oval or pip-shaped, pink or salmon-
colour ; veil universal, forming a perfect volva, distinct from the
cuticle of pileus ; stem distinct from the hymenophore ; gills free,
rounded behind, at first white, then pink, soft, liquescent.
H ab. Gardens and hot houses, and in woods and on manured
ground, growing on rotten wood and damp ground; one species is
parasitic on Agaricus nehularis.
The species of Volvaria are very closely allied; some appear in spring
and early summer, others later in the y e a r; they are almost tasteless, and
none are known to be edible. Volvaria corresponds to Amanita.
* Pileus dry, silky or fibrillose.
3,97. Ag aricu s (Volvaria) bombycinus. Schceff. Icon. t. 98.
■’ Bombycinus — made of silk, silky.
Pileus fieshy, soft, campanulate, then expanded, sub-nmbonate,
silky fibrillose, self-coloured ; stem solid, attenuated, smooth, volva
very la rg e ; gills free, flesh-coloured.—Fr. Hym. Eu r. 182. Berk.
Outl. t. 7, f . 1. Cooke Illu s. t. 293.
On decayed wood.
Wholly white, becoming ochraceous, pileus 3 to 7 in. diameter, silky everywhere.
Stem 3-6 in. long, half an inch thick, or even thicker at the base,
with a broad membranaceous volva. The specimen figured (t. 293) was
taken from a rotten elm, and measured seven inches in diameter when
3 9 8 . Ag aricus (Volvaria) v o lv a c eu s . Bull. Champ, t. 262.
Volva'ceus, from the character of its volva.
Pileus fieshy, soft, campanulate, then expanded, obtuse, virgate
ivith adpressed black fibrils ; stem solid, subequal ; volva loose ;
gills free, flesh-coloured.— F r . Hym. Eur. 182. Cooke Illus. t. 294.
In stoves, by roadsides, &c. Reputed poisonous
3 9 9 . Ag a r icu s (Volvaria) L o v e ian u s. Berk, Outl. t. 7, /. 2.
Loveia’nus, in honour of Rev. R. T. Lowe.
Pileus thin, fleshy, subtrunoate, globose, then convex, obtuse,
white silky ; stem solid, bulbous fibrillose, attenuated upwards ;
volva loose, lobed ; gills free, rose-coloured.—F r . Hym. Eur. 182.
Cooke Illu s. t. 295.
Parasitic on A . nebularis.
4 0 0 . Ag a r icu s (Volvaria) T a y lo r i. Berk. Outl. p. 140.
Tay'lori, in honour of Michael Angelo Taylor, who found it in
Jersey.
Pilens thin, conical, obtuse, livid, striatO-rimose from the apex ;
stem pale, solid, smooth, nearly equal ; volva lobed, brown, small ;
gills uneven, broad iu front, attenuated behind, rose-coloured.—
F r . Hym. E u r. 183. Cooke Illus. t. 296.
On the ground.
** Pileus more or less viscid, smooth.
4 0 1 . Ag a r icu s (Volvaria) sp ec io sus. Fr. Hym. Fur. 183.
Spedo'sus = beautiful.
Pileus fleshy, soft, campanulate, then expanded, obtuse, smooth,
even, viscid, disc grey ; stem solid, attenuated, rather bulbous ;
volva loose, villous, as well as the stem ; gills free, rose-coloured.
— Cooke Illus. t. 297.
On dunghills, roadsides, &c.
4 0 2 . Ag a r icu s (Volvaria) g lo io c ep h a lu s. Fr. Hym. Eur. 183.
Gloioceph'alus, from yXoto's = anything sticky, and /cejsdAi? = th e
head ; from its glutinous pileus.
Pileus fleshy, convex, then plane, umbonate, glutinous ; margin
striate ; stem solid, equal, smooth; volva tuberose, sub-obliterated •
gills free, white, then flesh-coloured.—Berk. Outl. t. 7, f . 3. Cooke
Illus. I. 298.
On the ground. IO
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