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AGARICACE/E 



Ar miliaria 



V. ARMILLARIA Quel. 

 (From the annulus ; arm ilia, a ring.) 



Veil universal, imperfect, remaining as minute, concrete warts or 

 flocci on the pileus and as the scales of the stem. Hy??ie?iophore 

 confluent and homogeneous with the fleshy stem. Pileus usually 



Fig. 14. — Armillaria mellea Quel. One-third natural 

 size, a, perfect plant ; B, section of young example 

 showing universal veil ; c, section of mature example. 



fleshy, the surface broken up into small scurfy warts or floccose 

 scales. Stem central, of the same substance with the pileus, annulate. 

 Gills sinuato-adnexed, adnate or decurrent. Spores white, elliptical, 

 smooth. (Fig. 14.) 



The species grow on the ground or on or about stumps. 

 Must not be confounded with the last section of Amanita. 



Species 61 — 72 



Stem furnished with a fugitive annulus. Gills sinuato-adnexed. 



61—68 



Stem furnished with a sometimes fugitive annulus. Gills more or 

 less decurrent. 69 — 71 



Stem annulate. Gills adnate, varying rounded, sinuate or sinuato- 

 decurrent. 72 



61. A. bulbig'er Quel, (from the bulbous stem) a b c. 



P. subumbonate, nearly smooth, pale yellowish or buff. St. 

 strongly bulbous, whitish, longitudinally black fibrillose. G. 

 becoming pale yellowish. Flesh whitish. 



Taste and odour none. Woods, pine. Oct. -Nov. 3^ X 3J X \ in. 



