Ancllaria 



AGARICACE^: 



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The species usually grow in rich grassy places or on dung, from 

 summer to late autumn, often near towns and villages. 



Fig. 48. Anellaria separata Karst. 

 Entire and in section. 

 One-third natural size. 



The nearest structural allies are found in Amanita, and the non- 

 British genera Metraria and Locellina. Species 894 896 



894. A. separata Karst. (from its appearance, distinct from species 



placed near it) a b c. 



P. whitish to tan-ochreous ; mid. sienna-tinted. St. attenuate 

 upwards, colour as P. A. distant, persistent, white. G. adnato- 

 ascending, broad, dark purplish-slate. 



In pastures on dung ; common. April-Dec. 2j x 6f x ^ in. Stem 

 sometimes 8 in. 



895. A. seitula Sacc. (satnlus, handsome) a b. 



P. dull pale ochre. St. white, base peronate, ending as a per- 

 sistent A. below mid. G. adnexo-ascending, ashy-grey to 

 black. Flesh white. 



On cow-dung, on soil in a flower-pot, Scarborough, 1885. ^ X l X T V in. 



896. A. flmiputris Karst. (from its habitat, rotten dung ; fiimts, dung, 



putris, rotten) a b c. 



P. innato-silky, pale umber to dark lead-colour; marg. appen- 

 diculate with white V. St. colour as P., umber below. A. 

 superior, small, imperfect. G. adfixo-ascending. 

 Solitary, rarely csespitose. Taste insipid. Fields, gardens, horse-dung ; 

 common. April-Dec. ij X 5 X J in. Examples with a wrinkled 

 pileus must not be confounded with 900. 



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