Agaricaceae 



** Pileus more or less viscid, smooth. 



Voivaria. V. Specio'sa Fr. speciosus , handsome. Pileus 3-5 in. broad, whit- 

 ish, gray or umber at the disk, fleshy, globose when young, then bell- 

 shaped, at length plane and somewhat umbonate, even, smootli, gluey. 

 Flesh soft, floccose, white. Stem 4-8 in. long, as much as I in. thick, 

 solid, firm, slightly attenuated from the base as far as the apex, when 

 young, wkite-vtllous and tomentose at the base, then becoming smooth, 

 white. Volva bulbous rather than lax, free however, variously torn 

 into loops, membranaceous, /^-i in. broad, externally tomentose, white. 

 Gills free, flesh-colored. 



The gills are wholly the same as those of A. bombycinus. It occurs 

 also thinner, with the pileus wholly gray. Fries. 



Spores !2-i8x8-io/x K.; elliptical or subglobose, smooth, 14-1 6x 

 8fj. Mas see, 



Distinguished by the whitish, viscid pileus, and the downy volva and 

 stem. Mas see. 



"Common in cultivated soil, especially grain fields and along roads. 

 A fine edible agaric and our most abundant one in California." Mc- 

 Clatcliie. Volvae, U. S., Lloyd. 



V. gloioeepll'ala Dec. Fl. Gr. sticking; head. Pileus dark 

 opaque brown, fleshy, bell-shaped then expanded, umbonate, smooth, 

 glutinous, striate at the margin. Stem solid, smooth, becoming brown- 

 ish or tawny; the volva, which is circularly split, pressed close. Gills 

 free, reddish. 



Fragments of the volva are sometimes seen on the pileus. The stem 

 is commonly more slender than that of A. speciosus. Fries. 



On the ground. Uncommon. June to October. Stevenson. 



Pileus about 3 in. across, with a strong regular, obtuse umbo in the 

 center, of a delicate mouse-gray, viscid when moist, but when dry 

 shining, quite smooth, margin striate in consequence of the thinness of 

 the flesh. Stem 6 in. or more high, about Vz in. thick in the center, 

 attenuated upward, bulbous at the base, clothed with a few slight fibers, 

 easily splitting, solid, rather dingy, ringless. Volva loose, villous like 

 the base of the stem, splitting into several unequal lobes; the gills are 

 broad, especially in front, narrower behind and quite free, so as to leave 

 a space round the top of the stem, white, tinged with grayish-pink; 



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