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trnncato-globose, becomes convex, or slightly erpanded, 2^ in. broad, moder- 

 ately fleshy and beautifully silky, white, with a slight shade of pink or ciner- 

 eous, margin involute ; gills broad in front, quite free, sub -deliquescent, 

 gradually with a pink tinge. Stem 2 in. high, 2-3 lines thick, white, closely 

 fibrillose, juicy, solid, bulbous, volva pure white. Spores minute, elliptic, 

 rosy, "OOOl in. long. Artificially developed by Mr. W. G. Smith, from speci- 

 mens of ^4^. nebulans. — (Seem, Journal.) 



234. Agaricus (Volvaria) Taylori. Berk. " Taylor's 



Volvaria." 



Pilens thin, conical, obtuse, livid, striato-rimose from the apex ; 

 stem pale, solid, nearly equal ; volva lobed, brown, small ; gills un- 

 even, broad in front, attenuated behind, rose-coloured. — Berk, 

 Outl.p. 140. Ann. N.H. no. 675. 



On the ground. Jersey. 



Pilens If in. high and broad, beautifully pencilled and cracked, margin 

 lobed and sinuated; stem 2^ in. high, \ in. thick, slightly bulbous at the base; 

 gills uneven. The dark volva, campanulate pileus, and uneven attenuated 

 gills are marked characters, — M. J. B. 



235. Agaricus (Volvaria) parvulus. Weinm. "Little 



Volvaria." 



Pileus rather fleshy, conic, then expanded, umbonate, dry ; stem 

 stuffed, equal, silky ; volva small, lobed ; gills free, rose-coloured. 

 Fr. Epicr.p. 139. Bull. t. 330. Pers. Obs. t. 4,/. 4-5. Kromhh. t. 

 3,/. 20 ? A.pusillus. Berk Out. p. 140. 



In pastures, after stormy weather. [S. Carolina.] 



Abounds some years in autumn, in exposed rather rich pastures, and may 

 be confounded by superficial observers with the true mushroom ; but a glance 

 at the volva, which is always present, and the attenuated stem, is sufiicient 

 to prevent mistakes — a point of some consequence, as the qualities of all the 

 species in the sub-genus are, to say the least, doubtful. — 31. J. B. Spores 

 •0002 X -00014 in. 



Sect. 2. Pileus smooth, sub-viscid. 



236. Agazicus (Volvaria) speciosus. Fr. "Dunghill 



Volvaria." 



Pileus fleshy, soft, campanulate, then expanded, obtuse, smooth, 

 even, viscid, disc grey ; stem solid, attenuated, rather bulbous ; 

 Tolva loose, villous, as well as the stem ; gills free, rose-coloured. 

 — Fr. Epicr.p. n^. Fl. Ban.t.1737. Krombh.t.26,f.l-8. Ann. 

 N.H. no. 902*. 



On dunghills, roadsides, &c. [S. Carolina.] 



Very closely allied to the next, but differing in the absence of a distinct 

 umbo, and in the smooth margin of the pileus. 



