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AGARICUS. 



Amanita. The spurious ring forms a kind of zone on the stem ; it is not enclosed in the 



volva like that of A. vaginatus. Intermediate between A. vaginatus and 

 A. pantherinus, but larger and more robust than either. 



In woods. Uncommon. July-Sept. 



A. Cecilice B. & Br. Mouse-grey. Distinguished by its less perfect volva 

 and stuffed stem, which does not simply contain a few cottony fibres, as that 

 of A. vaginatus, M.J.B. Spores 16 x 8 mk. W.G.S. Name strangulates, 

 choked. Fr. Monogr. \. p. 3. Hym. Eur. p. 27. Icon. t. n. 5. My col. 

 Scot. n. 13. Saund. & Sm. t. 40. C. Illust. PL 13. A. Ceciliae B. 6^ Br. 

 7i. 663, ring awanting. Berk. Out. p. 92. t. 3. /. 5. C. Hbk. t?. 2. Price 



f. 112. 



17. A. adnatus Smith. Pileus 6-7.5 cent - ( 2 X~3 in -) broad, 

 pale buff-yellow, fleshy, very firm, not brittle, smooth, somewhat 

 moist, convex then expanded, buff beneath the cuticle, margin 

 extending beyond the gills. Stem 5-10 cent. (2-4 in.) high, 

 stuffed, at length hollow, pale buff, fibrillose. Ring none. Volva 

 lax, adnate, or almost obsolete, white, pubescent, remaining in 

 woolly patches on the pileus ; flesh white, firm, almost rigid. 

 Gills truly adnate, crowded, white. 



Flesh almost rigid as in some Russiilce. 



In woody places among oak and holly. Uncommon. 



Spores 8 x 10 mk. W.G.S. From the figure of Saunders and Smith the 

 volva appears to be connate with the stem, and the free border is irregularly 

 torn. Name adnatus, adnate, of the gills. Saund. dr" Sm. t. 20. C. Hbk. 

 n. 3. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 28. C. Illust. PI. 35. 



Lepiota. Subgenus II. LEPIOTA (\rfe, a scale) Fr. Syst. Myc. i. p. 19. 



Hymenophore distinct from the stem, 

 universal veil concrete with the epi- 

 dermis of the pileus. Gills free, often 

 remote, not sinuate or decurrent. 

 With one exception, growing on the 

 ground; several occur in hothouses 

 under forms departing from the type. 

 Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 29. 



An easily defined subgenus from 

 the concrete veil and free gills. The 

 stem is often inserted in a cup or 

 socket. The larger species are edible. 



A. EPIDERMIS DRY. 



///. Agaricus (Lepiota) procerus. 

 One-fifth natural size. 



distinct from the volva. 



* Proceri (from the typical species of the 

 group, A. procerus). Ring proper, movable, 

 The whole fungus when young enclosed in an entire 



