86 AGAEICINI. 



237. Agaxicus (Volvaria) gloiocephalus. Fr, "Umbonate 



Volvaria." 



Pileus fleshy, convex, then plane, umbonate, glutinous ; mar- 

 gin striate ; stem solid, equal, smooth ; volva tuberose, sub-ob- 

 literated; gills free, white, then flesh-coloured. — Fr.Epicr.p. 140. 

 Letell. t. 645,/. H. 1. Gard. Chron. 1860,^. d3d,Jig. A. speciosus. 

 Berk. Outl. t. 7,/. 3. Barla. t. 26. 



On the ground. 



Pileus about 3 in. across, with a strong regular obtuse umbo in the centre, 

 of a delicate mouse-grey, viscid when moist, but when dry shining, quite 

 smooth, margin striate in consequence of the thinness of the flesh ; stem 6 in. 

 or more high, about J in. thick in the centre, attenuated upwards, bulbous at 

 the base, clothed with a few slight fibres, easily splitting, solid, rather dingy, 

 ringless. Yolva loose, villous like the base of the stem, splitting into several 

 unequal lobes ; the gills are broad, especially in front, narrower behind, and 

 quite free, so as to leave a space round the top of the stem, white, tinged 

 with greyish pink ; margin slightly toothed. Smell strong and unpleasant, 

 and taste disagreeable.— i)/. /. B. 



Suh-Gen. 11. Cham^ota. Smith. Seem. Journal, 1870. 



(Psalliota, Fr. partly.) 



SjDores pale rose ; stem distinct from the hymenophore, fur- 

 nished with a fugitive ring ; gills free. 



Hab. On the ground, or on decayed wood. — (PL III., Jig. 11.) 



Corresponds in structure with Lepiota and Psalliota. The species figured 

 is A, ( Chamceota) xartthogrammus, Ces. an Italian species. 



238. Agaricus (Chaxneeota) cxetaceus. Fr. " Chalky 



Cbamffiota." 



Pileus fleshy, campanulate, then convexo-plane, naked, even, 

 nearly smooth, or rivulose ; stem hollow, equally attenuated, even, 

 white ; ring simple, reflexed, and again ascending ; gills rather 

 remote, broader in front, for a long time white. — Fr. Epicr.p. 

 213. Sv.Bot.t.696,f.2. Kro?nbh. t. 26, f. 16, 17. Berk. Outl. t. 

 10,/. 5. Ann.N.H.no.US. 



In meadows and stoves. 



Distinguished from A. campestris by its gills, which remain for a long time 

 white, and are at length rose-coloured, and also by the spores, which are 

 •0001 X -OOaiS in. 



239. Agaricus (Chaxnaeota) echinatus. Both. " Bristling 



Chamceota." 



Pileus rather fleshy, campanulate, then expanded, obtuse ; at 

 first pulverulent; then squamose ; stem fistulose, equal, floccoso- 



