Aiiellaria 



AGARICACE/E 



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The species usually grow in rich grassy places or on dung, from 

 summer to late autumn, often near towns and villages. 



Fig. 48. — Anellaria separata Karst. 

 Entire and in section. 

 One-third natural size. 



The nearest structural allies are found in Amanita, and the non- 

 British genera Metraria and Locellina. Species 894 — 896 



894. A. separata Karst. (from its appearance, distinct from species 



placed near it) a b c. 

 P. whitish to tan-ochreous ; mid. sienna-tinted. St. attenuate 



upwards, colour as P. A. distant, persistent, white. G. adnato- 



ascending, broad, dark purplish-slate. 

 In pastures on dung ; common. April-Dec. 2\ X 6| x \ in. Stem 



sometimes 8 in. 



895. A. seitula Sacc. (satulus, handsome) a I?. 



P. dull pale ochre. St. white, base peronate, ending as a per- 

 sistent A. below mid. G. adnexo-ascending, ashy-grey to 

 black. Flesh white. 



On cow-dung, on soil in a flower-pot, Scarborough, 1885. 3^ X 1^ X T V in. 



896. A. fimiputris Karst. (from its habitat, rotten dung ; fimus, dung, 



putris, rotten) a b c. 

 P. innato-silky, pale umber to dark lead-colour ; marg. appen- 

 diculate with white V. St. colour as P., umber below. A. 

 superior, small, imperfect. G. adfixo-ascending. 



Solitary, rarely coespitose. Taste insipid. Fields, gardens, horse-dung ; 

 common. April-Dec. \\ X 5§ X \ in. Examples with a wrinkled 

 pileus must not be confounded with 900. 



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