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404. A. temperatus B. & Br. Pileus 6 mm. (X in.) broad, Voivaria. 

 convex, umbonate, pulverulent, striate. Stem 2.5 cent, (i in.) 



long, not 2 mm. (i lin.) thick, slender, pellucid ; volva ample. 



On soil in a greenhouse. Sibbertoft. 



Name temperatus, as applied to heat. From growing in a greenhouse. 

 B. & Br. n. 1757. C. Illust. PI. 300. a. 



** Pileus more or less viscous and smooth. 



405. A. speciosus Fr. Pileus 7.5-12.5 cent. (3-5 in.) broad, 

 whitish, grey or umber at the disc, fleshy, globose when young, 

 then campanulate, at length plane and somewhat umbonate, even, 

 smooth, viscous; flesh soft, floccose, white. Stem 10-20 cent. 

 (4-8 in.) long, as much as 2.5 cent, (i in.) thick, solid, firm, slight- 

 ly attenuated from the base as far as the apex, when young white- 

 villous and tomentose at the base, then becoming smooth, white ; 

 volva bulbous rather than lax, free however, variously torn into 

 loops, membranaceous, 1-2.5 cent. ()4-i in.) broad, externally 

 tomentose, white. Gills free, flesh-coloured. 



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

 thinner, with the pileus wholly grey. 



On dunghills, roadsides, &c. Rare. Sept.-Oct. 



Spores ellipsoid or sphaeroid-ellipsoid, even, 12-18 x 8-10 mk. K. Name 

 speciosus, handsome. Fr. Monogr. i. /. 260. Hym. Eur. p. 183. Berk. Out. 

 p. 141. B. &> Br. n. 902*. C. Hbk. n. 236. Illust. PL 297. 5. Mycol. Scot, 

 n. 231. Fl. Dan. t. 1737. Krombh. t. 26. /. 1-8. 



406. A. gloiocephalus Dec. Fl. Pileus fuliginous, fleshy, cam- 

 panulate then expanded, umbonate, smooth, glutinous, striate at 

 the margin. Stem solid, smooth, becoming fuscous 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. 



On the ground. Uncommon. June-Oct. 



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

 of a delicate mouse-grey, 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 y z in. thick in the centre, attenuated upwards, bulbous 

 at the base, clothed with a few slight fibres, 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 greyish pink ; margin slightly toothed. Smell strong and un- 

 pleasant, and taste disagreeable. M.J.B. Very poisonous according to 



