CLASSIFICATION OF AGARU 



The VOLVA is membranous and persists al the base ol the stem; 

 in all our species, excepl one, ii Bplits apicallj and leaves n'> Bhreda 

 nil the pilt'iis. showing the splitting in the form of lobes which are 

 often quite constanl for ;i particular species. There is never any 

 A.NNULUS. The SPORES are rounded, i. e., ao1 angular, Bmooth, 

 pose-colored, sometimes aucleate. < JYST1 1 »l A are presenl in l . vol 

 ran,! Fr., I. pusilla Fr., V. murinella Quel, and V. speciosa Fr. 

 1 have followed Patouillard's idea of the Bpecies of Europe. 



h , y to tilt S/i, ,1, 8 



(a) On tree trunks, large; pileus very silky, white; volva large, lirm, 

 tough; Bpores 6.-7x5 micr. 566. V. bombycina Fr. 



(aa) On the ground, among grass, herbs, etc., In w is. on dun. 



manured places, 

 (hi Pileus viscid, grayish-white or smoky-gray; odor dlsagreeab 

 rather large. 

 (c) Pileus striate on margin, smoky-i -ills flesh color, with- 



out cystidia. 567. V. gloiocephala l>. C. 

 (cc) Pileus even on margin; gills rosy, cystidia present 566 V. 

 speciosa Pr. 

 (bh) Pileus only Blightly viscid, or nol al all. 

 (c) Pileus umbonate, striate; stem glabrous and solid. 568. V. 



umbonata l'k. 

 (co Pileus not markedly umbonate. 

 (d) Pileus 5-8 cm. broad, grayish-brown, blackish-brown on disk, 

 streaked with black -fibrils; spores small, elliptic-ovoid. V. 

 volvacea Pr. 

 (dd) Pileus less than 5 cm. broad, whitish. 

 (e) Stem densely villose with minute spreading hairs; trow- 

 ing in woods. 569. V. pub, ■*< -rntipcs I*k.; V. plumul 

 Quel. 

 (ee) stem glabrous, excepl at the very base. 

 id Pileus at length striate or rimulose on margin, white, 

 dry. 

 (g) Spores subglobose, 7..". micr. lonj i rather lo 



3-4 cm., gills narrow. V. striatula l'k. 

 (gg) Spores truly elliptical, 6-8x 1-5.5 micr.: stem 1-2 

 cm.; tills medium broad. 571. V. pusilla Pr. 

 (ft) Pileus not Btriate, 1-3 cm. broad, conico-campanu 



dry. silky, white or ashy-tingedj stem solid, pubescent; 

 volva bilobed. 570. V. hypopithys Fr. • 



565. Volvaria bombycina Fr. (Edibi 



Syst. .Mv.ul.. L821. 



tllustrations : Atkinson, Mushrooms, Pig. L34, p. ill. U 



Hard. Mushrooms, PL 29, Pig. L91 3, L908. 

 Mcllvaine, American Fungi, PI. 59, L900. 

 Michael, Fiihrer f. Pilzfreunde, Vol. III. No. L02. 

 Plate < ' of this Report. 



PILEUS r>-20 cm. broad, globose-ovate a1 first, then campanulate 



