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III. Volva and ring absent. Veil practically absent ; p. 

 either glabrous or with minute innate squamules, 

 especially near the apex, not splitting along the lines 

 of the gills. 



* Gills attached to the stem. 



fuscescens, Fr. P. 4 6 cm. ovate then exp. not lobed, disc 

 fuscous, rest greyish brown, powdered with meal at first ; g. narrow 

 towards the front ; s. white, hollow, somewhat fibrillose ; sp. 8 10 

 x5 6. 



Differs from C. atramentarius in rufous p. not lobed. 



[tergiversans, Fr. P. conical then exp. 6 12 cm. rusty brown, 

 grooved, cracked into squamules ; g. broadly adnate ; s. white, apex 

 sulcate. 



Allied to C. micaceus ; differs in squamulose and not micaceous p. 



[Lerchenfeldii, Schulz. P. hemispher. apex elevated, brownish 

 grey, edge wavy silvery grey then violet; g. violet, shining; s. 

 fibrillose or squamulose. 



** Gills free. 



[cylindricus, Fr. P. cylindrical then exp. 8 12 cm. across, 

 rimosely striate, a few adpr. squamules, whitish brown ; g. narrow ; 

 s. 15 21 cm. equal, fibrillose. 



[Mayrii, Allesch. P. campan. exp. white, striate, small yellow- 

 brown squamules near edge, disc sparingly scaly ; g. free ; s. white, 

 striate, base globose, marginate, hollow to swollen base ; sp. 6 7 

 x3 4. 



Allied to C. atramentarius. 



flocculosus, Fr. P. ovate then exp. 47 cm. across, dingy white, 

 striate, squamules innate ; g. narrow ; s. 6 10 cm. white, silky, 

 hollow ; sp. 10 x 78. 



Differs from C. aratus in white p., and from C. lagopus in 

 glabrous stem. 



squamosus. Morgan. P. 4 6 cm. sulcate, grey, with persistent 

 spreading brown scales; g. free; s. 9 14 cm. with brown spreading 

 scales up to ring ; sp. 9 10 x 5. 



IV. Volva and ring absent. Veil very evident at least 

 in young state as a felty coating, which breaks up 

 during expansion of p. into patches ; cottony, squamu- 

 lose, fibrillose or mealy. Not glistening or micaceous. 



* Veil thick and felty, breaking into patches. 



f Gills attached to stem. 

 aphthosus, Fr. P. campan. even, livid, 23 cm. white veil at 



