CLASSIFICATION OP A.GARH 



ules, not striate, margin ;ii firsl incurved anil bordered bj the 

 thickisb union of the universal and partial veil, ;ii Length crenate 

 fringed or Lacerate-appendiculate. FLESH firm, thickish, white. 



GILLS free or attached i»\ a line, reaching the stem, i lerately 



broad, mnch broader in front, subellipsoid, pure white, floccul 

 on edge, trama divergent. STEM 5-9 cm. lone, (rarely up to l". 

 cm., 1-2 fin. thick, stout, tapering slightly upward, stuffed bj lot 

 pith, then hollow, white, at first bulbous, the bulb covered bj .t 

 thick, firm, Loose VOLVA whicb is margined with ovate Lobes, « l»«* 

 flesh often pinkish <>■• salmon-colored, especially toward base. AN 

 NULUS evanescent, bu1 in the young plants the gills are concealed 

 by the very thin inner veil. SPORES elongate-oblong <>r bud- 

 cyKndrical, obtuse, L3-16x5-7 micr., sometimes slightly narrower 

 toward one end, white in mass. BAS1DIA 16-50 x 9 micr., elongate 

 clavate, t-spored. STERILE CELLS on edge of gills, inflated, 

 pyriform, variable in size. ODOE none <>r verj Blightly of radish. 



Gregarious. <>n sandy ground under white pine in open groves. 

 N.-w Richmond. September, [nfrequent. 



Known by the fringed margin of the pileus, (he Large, two-layered 

 volva, the thin, evanescent inner veil, the peculiar delicate innate, 

 fibrillose scales on the cap and stem and bhe Large subcylindrie 

 spores. The volva is entirely Immersed in the sand; ii splits 

 usually at the top of the young cap into ovate Lobes and at Length 

 seems spuriously two-layered below by the separation of a thick 

 layer of the bulb so tli.it finally the stem is removable and appears 

 subcylindrical at base. Rarely the volva breaks so as to Leave a 

 large thick piece on top of the cap as in .1. coccola Scop. In some 

 respects it approaches I. spreta Pk., but differs distinctly in color 

 and spores. Sometimes the surface of the cap is beautifully dotted 

 by the pale salmon-colored, delicate scale-. The volva maj reach 

 a large size. I to 5 cm. high and 3 to I cm. across. The inner \.-il 



is very thin and often remains adnate to the Btem at first, and 



appears to he absent; in the mature plant it is rareh t.i be made 



out. This species is clove to if not identical with L. c la Scop. 



(sense of Boudier, Soc. Myc. d. Prance, Bull. L8, p. 253 and PI. 

 l.:>. The shape and size of the spores are figured and described 

 Like those of our species. The margin of the pileus. howevei 



said to l>e always striate. Saccardo says "silicate." On il ther 



hand, the inner veil of A. coccola is said to be verj thin and evane 

 Bcent, ami the figures, showing the volva, are very suggeativ< 

 our plant: Furthermore, Ricken (Blatterpilze, under I 

 quotes Quelel as authority for the statement thai the flesh of I. 



