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15. Volvariopsis gloiocephala (DC.) Murrill. 
Agaricus gloiocephalus DC. Fl. Fr. 6: 52. 1815. 
Volvaria gloiocephala Gill. Champ. Fr. 387. 1876. 
Pileus campanulate to expanded, umbonate, fleshy, 8 cm. broad; surface glabrous, gluti- 
nous, fuliginous, margin striate; context very poisonous according to Lettellier; lamellae 
free, reddish; spores 19 X 9 4; stipe glabrous, fuscous or fulvous, solid, 16 em. or more long, 
1-2.5 cm. thick; volva circumscissile, coarctate. 
TYPE LocaLity: France. 
HasiratT: On manure or manured ground. : 
DistRIBuTION: North Carolina, California, and certain other parts of temperate North America; 
also in Europe. : 
InLustrations: Cooke, Brit. Fungi pl. 298; Saunders, Smith, & Bennett, Myc. Illust. pl. 33, f. 2. 
16. Volvariopsis alabamensis Murrill, sp. nov. 
Pileus thick, firm, convex, not umbonate, solitary, 6-7 cm. broad; surface smooth, dry, 
glabrous with a silky sheen, uniformly dark-brown, margin entire, concolorous, not striate; 
lamellae free, broad, ventricose, crowded, white to salmon-colored, somewhat undulate on 
the edges; spores irregularly ovoid, rose-colored, 16-18 X 7-9 uw; stipe short, enlarged below, 
smooth, glabrous, white, solid, 4-5 cm. long, 5-10 mm. thick; volva white, somewhat fibrillose, 
ample, closely adhering below, with free, lacerate margin, a portion being carried up on the « 
top of the pileus. 
Type collected in soil in the Experiment Station garden, Auburn, Alabama, March 10, 1898, 
F. S. Earle (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
17. Volvariopsis volvacea (Bull.) Murrill. 
Agaricus volvaceus Bull. Herb. Fr. pl. 262. 1785. 
Agaricus virgatus Pers. Tent. Disp. Fung. 18. 1797. 
Amanita virgata Pers. Tent. Disp. Fung. 66. 1797. 
Volvaria virgata Quél. Champ. Jura Vosg. 332. 1873. 
Volvaria volvacea Quél. Ench. Fung. 54. 1886. 
Pileus fleshy, soft, campanulate to expanded, obtuse, 6-8 cm. broad; surface dry, fuliginous, 
covered with appressed fibrils, black when dry; lamellae free, flesh-colored; spores ellipsoid, 
smooth, rose-colored, 6-8 X 3.5—4 yu; stipe subequal, smooth, glabrous, whitish, solid, 8-14 cm. 
long, 1-2 cm. thick; volva thick, membranous, persistent, the margin irregular. 
TyPE LOCALITY: France. 
HasiraT: On the ground. usually in hothouses or cellars. 
DISTRIBUTION: Eastern United States; also in Europe. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Bull. Herb. Fr. pl. 262; Cooke, Brit. Fungi pl. 294; C. G. Lloyd, Volvae f. 9; 
Pat. Tab. Fung. f: 331; Sow. Engl. Fungi #1. 1. 
18. Volvariopsis Earlei Murrill, Mycologia 3: 282. 1911. 
Volvaria Earlei Murrill, Mycologia 4: 332, 1912. 
Pileus fleshy, rather thin, becoming expanded, solitary or gregarious, 4-5 cm. broad; 
surface glabrous, rarely with thin volval patches, white, discolored with age, margin even or 
slightly striate; lamellae free, subcrowded, of medium breadth, ventricose, white to pink; spores 
ellipsoid, smooth, both nucleate and granular, about 11 X 7»; stipe subcylindrie, slightly 
tapering upward, glabrous, pure-white, solid, 5-10 cm. long, 5-8 mm. thick; volva delicate, 
sheathing, very short, 5-8 mm. in length. 
TvPE LocALIty: Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. 
Hapirat: On the ground in a banana field. 
DistrrButiIon: Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba: 
19. Volvariopsis jamaicensis Murrill, Mycologia 3: 281. 1911. 
Volvaria jamaicensis Murrill, Mycologia 4: 332. 1912. 
Pileus thin, convex to nearly plane, gregarious, 5 cm. broad; surface ashy-white, avel- 
laneous at the center, radiate-striate, slightly granular, margin thin, entire; lamellae free, 
close, narrow, white to salmon-colored; spores narrowly ellipsoid, smooth, uninucleate, about 
