VOLVARIA 95 



margin involute. St. 5 x -5-1 cm., pure white, bulbose, attenuated 

 upwards, closely fbrillose, with a little matted, down, very juicy. Volva 

 'pure white, with a little downy prominence within round the base of 

 the stem. Gills white, becoming gradually pale pink, free, broad in 

 front, subdeliquescent. Flesh white, becoming yellowish. Spores pink, 

 elliptical, 5-6 x 3-4/x, 1-guttulate. On Clitocybe nebularis (Batsch) 

 Fr. Oct. Rare, (v.v.) 



217. V. Taylori Berk. (= Vdvaria volvacea Bull. sec. Quel.) Cke. 

 Illus. no. 296, t. 296. M. A. Taylor. 



P. 2-5 cm., livid, conico-campanulate, obtuse, striato-rimose from the 

 apex, thin; margin lobed, sinuate. St. 3-6 cm. x 3-5 mm., pallid, 

 nearly equal, slightly bulbose at the base. Volva date-brown, lobed, 

 somewhat lax, small. Gills rose colour, free, broad in front, very much 

 attenuated behind, uneven, edge jloccose, white. Spores pink, elliptical, 

 7-8 x 5/Lt, 2-guttulate. Gardens. July Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



218. V. temperata B. & Br. Cke. Illus. no. 300, t. 300, upper fig. 



Temper ata, moderate. 



P. 6 mm., whitish, disc tinged tawny, convex, then expanded, umbo- 

 nate, pulverulent, striate. St. 1 -5-2-5 cm. x 1-2 mm., whitish, pel- 

 lucid. Volva white, ample. Gills pinkish, free. Spores pink, elliptical, 

 4 x 2-5 p. Greenhouses. Feb. Rare. 



**P. more or less viscid, smooth. 



219. V. speciosa Fr. (= VolvariagloiocephalaDC.sec. Dumee.) Boud. 

 Icon. t. 84. Speciosa, handsome. 



P. 7-13 cm., whitish, subumbonate disc grey, or umber, fleshy, glo- 

 bose, then campanulate, at length plane, viscid. St. 10-20 x 12-5 cm., 

 white, firm, slightly attenuated upwards, base white-villose when young. 

 Volva white, membranaceous, bulbous, free, variously torn into loops, 

 externally tomentose. Gills white, then flesh colour, free, ventricose. 

 Flesh white, floccose. Spores pink, elliptical, 15-16 x 8-10 p, 1-2- 

 guttulate. Cystidia " vesiculose-pyrif orm, 60-70 x 20-36 p, some- 

 times pointed" Rick. Smell none, or somewhat strong. Edible sec. 

 Maire. Dunghills, roadsides, and occasionally in woods. June Oct. 

 Uncommon, (v.v.) 



220. V. gloiocephala (DC.) Fr. (= Volvaria speciosa Fr. sec. Dumee.) 

 Cke. Illus. no. 298, t. 298. 7X0*09, sticky; Ke<f>a\tj, head. 



P. 7-11 cm., fuliginous, fleshy, campanulate, then expanded, umbo- 

 nate, glutinous', margin striate. St. 8-18 x 1-2 cm., white, becoming 

 fuscous, or tawny, attenuated upwards, base subbulbose and villose. 

 Volva whitish, grey, or fuscous, circularly split, lobed, villose, often 

 adpressed to the stem. Gills white, then reddish, free, broad, especially 

 in front, attenuated behind, margin slightly toothed. Flesh white, 



