VOLVAPtlA. 295 



On the ground. 



Somewliat resembling V. volvacea, but distinguished by 

 the paler pileus, the gills much narrowed behind, and 

 especially by the small brown volva. 



Pileus If in. high and broad, beautifully pencilled and 

 cracked ; margin lobed and sinuated ; stem 2^ in. high, ^ in. 

 thick, slightly bulbous at the base. Gills uneven. This 

 beautiful SjDCcies is described from an excellent drawing by 

 Mr. M. A. Taylor, and is clearly quite different from every 

 other species ; the dark volva, campanulate pileus and uneven 

 attenuated gills are marked characters. The habit is rather 

 that of some Entoloma than of its more immediate allies. 

 (B. & Br.) 



** Pileus more or less viscid, smooth, 



Volvaria speciosa. Fr. 



Pileus 3-5 in. across, flesh white, thickish, soft, campanu- 

 late then expanded, obtuse or slightly umbouate, then ex- 

 panded ; smooth, even, viscid, disc grey, or entirely whitish ; 

 gills free, 3 lines broad, narrowest jjehind, crowded, pale 

 salmon-colour ; stem 5-8 in. long, up to 1 in. thick at the 

 swollen base, from which it is attenuated upwards, and about 

 ^ in. thick at the apex, white, solid, downy ; volva whitish, 

 margin free, irregular, downy ; spores elliptical or subglobose, 

 smooth, 14-16 X 8 /x; no cystidia. 



Agaricus (Volvaria) speciosus, Fries, Syst. Myc, i. p. 278; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 113; Cke., Illustr., pL 297. 



On dung-hills and on the ground. 



Distinguished by the whitish viscid pileus, and the downy 

 volva and stem. Disc of pileus sometimes brownish. 



Volvaria gloiocephala. D. C. 

 Pileus 3-5 in. across, convex then almost plane, umbonate, 

 glabrous, glutinous, margin slightly striate, smoky -grey ; 

 gills free but rather close to the stem, 4-G lines broad, slightly 

 ventricose,not evidently narrowed behind, pale salmon-colour; 

 stem 4-6 in. long, ^ in. or more thick at the apex, base 

 thickened, smooth, whitish, becoming brownish, especially 

 below, solid ; volva whitish, adnate to the base of the stem, 



