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AGARICUS. 



Volvaria. Letellier. Spores 19x9 mk. W. G.S. Name yAoto?, sticky; Ke^aAvj, head. 

 From the glutinous pileus. Decand. Fl.fr. vi. p. 52. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 183. 

 Card. Chron. 1860, p. 933. fig. C. Hbk. n. 237. I II list. PL 298. S. My col. 

 Scot. n. 232. Saund. & Sm. t. 33. /. 2. Letell. t. 623. f. 2. & t. 645. /. //./. 

 A. speciosus Klotzsch in Fl. Bor. t. 457. Barla t. 26. Berk. Out. t. 7. /. 3. 



407. A. medius Schum. White. Pileus 2.5-4 cent, (i-i^ 

 in.) broad, slightly fleshy, convexo-plane, obtuse, viscous, silky 

 when dry, margin even, smooth. Stem scarcely 5 cent. (2 in.) 

 long, solid, equal, smooth j the sheathing volva lobed. Gills free, 

 rosy-flesh-colour. 



It is very much allied to A. speciosics, but much smaller, wholly shining 

 white. It differs conspicuously from A. parvulus, with which many confound 

 it, in the stem being solid and smooth, and in the pileus being convexo-plane 

 and viscid. 



On the ground. Epping Forest, 1869. Oct. 



Name mediiis, middle. Intermediate between A. speciosus and A. 

 parvulus. Schum. Scell. p. 248. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 184. Monogr. \. p. 261. 

 Fl. Dan. t. 1676. f. 2. Larb. t. 9. f. 4. C. Illust. PI. 299. A. serico- 

 cephalus Letell. t. 623. b. 



408. A. parvulus Weinm. Pileus 1-2.5 cent. (fa-\ in.) rarely 

 more broad, whitish, the umbo here and there darker, slightly 

 fleshy, conical then campanulate, at length rather plane and 

 umbonate, at first slightly viscid, soon dry, silky. Stem 2.5-4 

 cent. (i-i/4 in.) long, 2-4 mm. (1-2 lin.) thick, somewhat fistulose, 

 equal, silky, villous at the base, white. Gills free, flesh-coloured. 



Gregarious. Much smaller and thinner than preceding species. Form B. 

 Wholly shining white when young, the gills at length white flesh-colour. 

 Pileus conical when young, 6-8 mm. (3-4 lin. ) high, dry, and sometimes 

 floccoso-squamulose. Stem stuffed, never fistulose, 2.5 cent, (i in.) long, 2 

 mm. (i lin.) thick, equal, pubescent, sheathed with the two-lobed volva, 

 adpressedly silky. 



In pastures, soil in gardens, &c. Frequent. 



A very minute form occurs on the soil of garden-pots in stoves, with a 

 transparent, minutely tomentose stem ; volva white, silky. B. dr 3 Br. Spores 

 6x4 mk. W.G.S.; 8x5 mk. IV. P. ; 6-8x4 m k- B. Na.meparvus, small. 

 Very small. Weinm. Ross. p. 238. Fr. Monogr. i. /. 261. Hym. Eiir. p. 

 184. B. & Br. n. 1413*. C. Hbk. n. 235. Illust. PL 300. b. A. volvaceus 

 minor Bull. t. 330. A. pusillus Pers. Obs. 2. p. 36. t. 4. f. 4. Berk. Out. p. 

 140. Krombh. t. 3. f. 20. A. venustus Vivian, t. n. 



Annularia. Subgenus XL ANNULARIA (annulus, a ring) Schulz. Verh. 

 Oestereich. Zool. Bot. Gesell. 1868, p. 49. Rosy-spored, furnished 

 with a ring, but destitute of a volva. Gills free ; hymenophore 



