96 VOLVARIA. LOCELLINA 



fuscous under the cuticle of the pileus. Spores pink, elliptical, 12 x 7fj,. 

 Smell and taste unpleasant. Poisonous. On the ground. June Nov. 

 Uncommon, (v.v.) 



221. V. viperina Fr. 1 (= ^Volvaria cornea (Pico.) Quel.; Volvaria 



speciosa Fr. sec. Maire.) Viperina, of a snake. 



P. 3-4 cm., grey, or cinereous, fleshy, persistently conical, acute, 



viscid, silky shining when dry. St. white, equal, subflexuose. Volva 



thin, entire, closely sheathing. Gills tinged yellowish then flesh colour. 



Spores pink, "6-8 x 4-4-5/i" Herpell. 



222. V. media (Schum.) Fr. Cke. Illus. no. 299, t. 299. 



Medius, middle. 



P. 3-5 cm., white, disc brownish, or yellowish, slightly fleshy, con- 

 vexo-plane, obtuse, viscid, silky when dry and shining. St. 4-7 cm. 

 x 4-6 mm., white, subbulbose, equal. Volva white, membranaceous, 

 sheathing, lobed. Gills white, then rosy flesh colour, free, broad in front, 

 attenuated behind. Flesh white. Spores pink, elliptical, 5-6 x 4/u,. 

 Woods, and pastures. Aug. Oct. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



223. V. parvula (Weinm.) Fr. (= Volvaria pusilla (Pers.) Quel.) Boud. 



Icon. t. 86. Parvulus, very small. 



P. 1-3 cm., whitish, disc yellowish, slightly fleshy, conical, then cam- 

 panulate, at length rather plane and umbonate, at first slightly viscid, 

 soon dry silky. St. 2-5-4 cm. x 2-4 mm., white, equal, silky, base villose. 

 Volva white, membranaceous, free, lobed, minutely tomentose on the 

 outside. Gills white, then flesh colour, free, broad in front. Flesh white. 

 Spores pink, elliptical, 5 x 3/n, 1-2-guttulate. Pastures, gardens, and 

 woods. May Oct. Common, (v.v.) 

 var. biloba Massee (= Volvaria parvula, forma B. Fries Monogr.). 



Bi, two; A,oy8o?, the lobe of the ear. 



Entirely white when young. P. conical, 6-8 mm. high, dry, some- 

 times floccosely squamulose. St. 2-5 cm. x 1-2 mm., equal, pubescent. 

 Volva bilobed, sheathing, externally adpressedly silky. Pastures. July 

 Sept. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



Spores ochraceous. 



Locellina GiU. 

 (Acetabularia Berk.) 

 (Locellus, a casket.) 



Pileus fleshy, regular. Stem central, thin. Volva membranaceous, 

 sheathing. Gills free, or adnate. Spores ochraceous, or somewhat 

 fuscous, oval, or oblong, smooth, continuous. Cystidia ventricose, 

 pointed. Growing on the ground. 



1 This is listed as British by Massee in his Eur. Fung. Fl. Agar. 120. 



