i86 



AGARICUS. 



Volvaria. Letellier. Spores 19x9 mk. W.G.S. Name — yXoio?, sticky; /cc</)a\jj, head. 

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

 Gard. Chron, 1860,/. 933. fig. C.Hbk. n. 237. Illust. PI. 298. 5. Mycol. 

 Scot. n. 232. Saund. 6^ Sm. t. 33./". 2. Letell. t, 623./". 2. & /. 645. y] //./. 

 A. speciosus Klotzsch in Fl. Bor. t. 457. Barla t. 26. 5^r,^. Out. t. 7. /. 3. 



407. A. medius Schum. White. — Pileus 2.5-4 cent. {i-i}4 

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

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

 long, solid, equal, suioothj the sheathing volva lobed. Gills free, 

 ros3'--flesh-colour. 



It is very much allied to A. speciosus, 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 — medius, middle. Intermediate between A. speciosus and A. 

 paj-vulus. Schum. Scell. p. 248. Fr. Hyni. Eur. p. 184. Monogr. i. /. 261. 

 Fl. Dan. t. 1676. /. 2. Larb. t. 9. /. 4. C. Illust. PL 299. A. serico- 

 cephalus Letell. t. 623. b. 



408. A. parvulus Weinm. — Pileus 1-2.5 cent. (K-i in.) rarely 

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



fleshy, conical then campanulate, at length rather plane and 

 timbonate, 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 fistiilose, 

 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 

 transparent, minutely tomentose stem ; volva white, silky. B. 

 6x4 mk. W.G.S. ; 8x5 mk. W.P.; 6-8x4 mk. B. Name- 

 Very small. IVei/im. Jx'oss. p. 238, Fr. Monogr. i. /. 261. 

 184. B. df Br. n. 1413*. C. Hbk. n. 235. Illust. PL 300. b. 

 minor Bull. t. 330. A, pusillus Pers. Obs. 2. p. 36. /. 4. f. 4. 

 140. Krombh. t. 3./. 20. A. venustus Vivian, t. 11. 



stoves, with a 



6^ Br. Spores 



-pai-ous, small. 



Hy7n. Eur. p. 



A. volvaceus 



Berk. Out. p. 



Annuiaria. Subge7ius XL ANNULARIA {aiuiulus, 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 



