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on decayed wood of logs, stumps, etc., during late summer and 

 in autumn. It is usually of a beautiful white color, large, the volva 

 large and thick, reminding one of a bag, and the stem is ascending when 

 the plant grows on the side of the 

 trunk, or erect when it grows on 

 the upper side of a log or stump. 

 The plant is from 8-16 cm. high, 

 the cap 6-20 cm. broad, and the 

 stem 1-1.5 cm. in thickness. 



The pileus is globose, then bell- 

 shaped, and finally convex and 

 somewhat umbonate, white, accord- 

 ing to some becoming somewhat redr 

 dish. The entire surface is silky, 

 and numerous hairs standout in the 

 form of soft down, when older the 

 surface becoming more or less scaly, 

 or rarely becoming smooth at the 

 apex. The flesh is white. The 

 gills are crowded, very broad along 

 the middle, flesh colored, the edge 

 sometimes ragged. The spores are 

 rosy in mass, oval to broadly el- 

 liptical, 6-9 X 5-6 //, smooth. The 

 stem tapers from the base to the 

 apex, is solid, smooth. The volva 

 is large and bag-like. The plant 

 is considered edible by some. Fig- 

 ure 137 is from a plant (No. 3096, 

 C. U. herbarium) collected on a log 

 of Acer rubrum in Cascadilla woods, 

 Ithaca, on August loth, 1898. 



Volvaria speciosa Fr. This plant 

 seems to be rare, but it has a wide 

 distribution in Europe and the 

 United States. It occurs on richly 

 manured ground, on dung, etc. 

 The plants are 10-20 cm. high, the 

 cap 6-12 cm. broad, and the stem 

 1-2 cm. in thickness. The entire plant is white or whitish, some- 

 times grayish, especially at the center, where it is also sometimes 

 darker and of a smoky color. 



Figure 137. Volvaria bombycina. Cap, stem 

 and volva entirely vfhite, gills flesh color (nat- 

 ural size). Copyright. 



