98 DECADES OF FUNGI. 
_ Inodorous. Pileus more than 3 inches across, plane, slightly de- 
pressed in the centre, dry, shining, pale grey, variegated with square, 
black, flat scales, subcarnose. Stem 31 inches high, 4 an inch thick 
in the centre, gradually incrassated downwards, bulbous at the base, 
grey, streaked with darker lines, solid. -Ring broad, deflexed, pruinose 
grey. Gills white, nearly equal, fleshy, brittle, slightly attenuated be- 
hind, nearly free. 
There is some doubt whether this should be placed in Lepiota or 
Armillaria; the gills, however, are not sufficiently attenuated to war- 
rant its being included in the latter section, neither is the habit conso- 
nant with that of the former. Its real affinities appear to be with the 
species of the groupe commencing with 4. magnificus. It is a very fine 
and well-marked species. 
362. 4. (Lepiota) anav, n. s.; pileo carnoso campanulato latissime 
umbonato ; epidermide contiguo squamulis minutis exasperato ; stipite 
elato bulboso sursum attenuato cavo, initio fibroso-farcto ; lamellis 
pallidis antice latis postice attenuato-attingentibus pallidis. Hook. 
fil., Ser. 3, No. 93. 
Has. On clay banks, and amongst grass. Nunklow. Khassya- 
July 10, 1850. 
Pileus at first obtusely conical, smooth, springing from a turnep- 
shaped bulb, which is white, with a little red at the base, and bordered 
by the swollen edge of the ring; then campanulate, and gradually ac- 
quiring a reddish-grey tinge, nearly 3- of an inch broad, 3 of an inch 
high. Stem above 4 inches high, 3 of an inch thick in the middle, 
bulbous below, nearly smooth, tinged with very pale pink, stuffed with 
cottony fibres, clothed at the base for more than half an inch with a 
thick volva-like coat, which is perfectly distinet from the rest of the 
stem, and. passes completely under it, and is stained with red patches, 
both externally and internally. Ring still unbroken, and attached to 
the margin, where it is thick and swollen. Gills pale, pinkish-yellow, 
quite free, ventricose, regular. As the pileus increases, it assumes an 
ovate form, and when the ring is ruptured, becomes shortly campanu- 
late, with a very broad umbo, attaining 5 inches or more in diameter, 
and 34 in height; the colour is now darker, and the euticle, though 
continuous, rough with minute warts and a few scales towards the 
edge, as is the back of the large apical ring. Stem 12 inches high, 
about $ of an inch thick in the centre, 2 inches at the base, pinkish- 
