Bhodosporse 



VOLVARIA VOLVACEA. 



Two-fifths natural size. 



Volva large, loose, whitish. Spores (Plate LX.) 



smooth, elliptical, 6-8x3.5-4^; no 

 cystidia. Massee. 



On the ground by roadsides, etc., 

 also in stoves. 



Allied to V. bombycina, but con- 

 stantly different in the less ample 

 and less persistent, brownish volva. 

 Pileus 3 in. across, rarely more, 

 gray, elegantly virgate with blackish 

 fibrils; flesh-color of the gills not 

 so pure. Fries. 



Once found in woods at roots of a 



tree. It occurs every year in the cellar of our drug store. Lloyd 

 "Volvse." 



North Carolina, Schweinitz; Minnesota, Johnson; Ohio, Morgan. 



Probably edible, should be carefully tested. 



V. Tay'lori Berk. Pileus \% in. high and broad, livid, conico- 

 campanulate, obtuse, striately cracked from the apex, thin, margin lobed 

 and sinuated. Stem 2>2 in. long, K in. thick, pallid, solid, nearly 

 equal, slightly bulbous at the base. Volva date-brown, lobed, some- 

 what lax, small. Gills uneven, broad in front, very much attenuated 

 behind, rose-color. 



Pileus beautifully penciled and cracked. The dark volva, bell-shaped 

 pileus, and uneven, attenuated gills are marked characters. The habit 

 is rather that of some Entoloma than of its more immediate allies. Fries. 



Spores 6x9ju, W.G.S.; broadly elliptical, smooth, 5x3-5-4/x, Massee. 



Indiana, Mrs. L. H. Cox; West Philadelphia, in much decayed stump 

 of maple. Mcllvaine. 



Caps i *'2-2 in. across and beautifully penciled and cracked. Stem 

 1/^-3 in. long. Gills up to K in. wide. The spores when shed in 

 body are a beautiful maroon. Resembling V. volvacea, but lighter in 

 color, and having a brown volva. Specimens sent me by J. J. New- 

 baker, Steelton, Pa., had snow-white caps and when young were velvety 

 to the touch. Gills tinged with pink; volva dark brown. 



The few specimens eaten were of good flavor, somewhat resembling 

 Pluteus oervinus. 



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