98 AGARICACE/E Volvaria 



of 153. They are almost all tasteless or insipid; 455 is fetid and 

 said by Letellier to be poisonous. None are known to be edible. 



Volvaria agrees in structure with Amanitopsis, Acetabularia and 



Chitonia. Species 449 — 457 



Pileus dry, silky or fibrillose. 449 — 453 



Pileus more or less viscid, smooth. 454 — 457 



449. V. bombyeina Quel, (from the silky pileus ; bombyx, silk) a b c. 

 P. broadly umbonate, white or pale brownish. St. colour as P. 



Vo. large, lax, ochre-sienna or umber. G. becoming rufous. 



Solitary or caespitose. Decayed wood, stumps, hollow trees, ash, elm, birch. 

 June-Sept. 8£ X 7 X f in. 



450. V. voivaeea Quel, (from the large volva) a b c. 



P. campanulate, subumbonate, black-nbrillose on a brown ground 



or brown-nbrillose on a white ground. St. white. Vo. large, 



lax, umber. 



Gregarious. Reputed poisonous. Stoves, on tan, roadsides. 5 x 7 X h, in. 

 Sowerby has modelled an example of this with a large annulus. 



451. V. Loveiana Gill, (after the Rev. R. T. Lowe) a b c. 



P. convex, white-silky. St. white. Vo. lax, whitish. G. thick. 

 Gregarious, subcaespitose. On 153 and other species of Clitocybe. 2% X 2 x 



452. V. Taylorii Gill, (after Michael A. Taylor) a b c. 



P. expanded, subumbonate, rimose, whitish ; marg. faint umber. 



St. white. Vo. lax, small, white or umber. G. sinuato-free, 



irregular, attenuate near St. 



Odour none. On the ground, gardens. July-Oct. 2§ X 2 x \ in. Variable 

 in size, sometimes as small as 453 and smaller than 457. 



453. V. temperata Sacc. (from its growing in temperate green- 



houses) a b. 

 P. campanulate, umbonate, pulverulent, pale ochreous-sienna ; 

 marg. striate. St. white. Vo. ample, faintly ochreous. 



Greenhouses. Feb. f X f X ^ in. 



454. V. speeiosa Gill, (speciostts, handsome) a b c. 



P. campanulate, subumbonate, whitish, greyish or brownish; 



mid. darker. St. attenuate upwards, white. Vo. bulb-like, 



white. 

 Odour strong. Roadsides, rubbish heaps, manure heaps ; rare. June-Oct. 



4 X 6| X \ in. 



455. V. gloioeephala Gill, (from its glutinous pileus; Gr. gloios, 



sticky, kephale, a head) a b c. 

 P. convex, subumbonate, whitish; marg. striate, greyish or 

 brownish ; mid. darker. St. subfibrillose, pale brownish or 

 tawny. Vo. bulb-like, adpressed, brown. G. serrulate, becoming 

 reddish. 



Probably poisonous. Taste disagreeable ; odour strong, offensive, like putrid 

 broad beans. On the ground. June-Nov. 4^ x 6| X J in. Fragments 

 of Vo. often left on P. 



