238 MUSHROOMS*, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Plutcus grannlaris. Pk. 



Pileus is convex, then expanded, slightly umbonate, wrinkled, sprinkled with 

 minute blackish granules, varying in color from yellow to brown. 



The gills are rather broad, close, ventricose, free, whitish, then flesh-colored. 



The stem is equal, solid, pallid, or brown, usually paler at the top, velvety with 

 a short, close pile. 



The spores are subglobose, about .0002 inch in diameter. The plant is two to 

 three inches high, pileus one to two inches broad, stem one to two lines thick. 

 Peek, 38th Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



This is a much smaller species than P. cervinus, but its esculent qualities are 

 quite as good. Found from July to October. 



Plutcus e.viniins. Smith. 



Ex'unias, choice, distinguished, The pileus is fleshy, bell-shaped when young, 

 expanded, beautifully fringed on the margin, larger than the cervinus. 



The gills are free, broad, ventricose, white at first, then rose-colored, flesh 

 white, and firm. 



The stem is thick, solid, and clothed with fibers. Dr. Herbst, Fungal Flora of 

 the Lehigh Valley. 



I found some beautiful specimens in George Mosher's icehouse. I am very 

 sorry I did not photograph them. 



/ 'olvaria. Fr. 



The spores of this genus are regular, oval, rosy-spored. The veil is universal, 

 forming a perfect volva. distinct from the cuticle of the pileus. The stem is easily 

 separable from the pileus. The gills are free, rounded behind, at first white, then 

 pink, soft. Most of the species grow on wood. Some on damp ground, rich mold, 

 in gardens, and in hothouses. One is a parasite on Clitocybe nebularis and 

 monadelphus. 



Volvaria bombycina, fPcrs.) Fr. 



The Silky Volvaria. I'.imih.k. 



Bombycina is from bombyx, silk. This plant is so called because of the 

 beautiful silky lustre of the entire plant. The pileus is three to eight inches br 'id, 

 globose, then bell-shaped, finally convex and somewhal umbonate, white, the 

 entire surface silky, in older. specimens more or less scaly, sometimes smooth at 



