CLASSIFICATION 85 



A. recutita. — Cap 3-4 in. across, grey or brownish ; gills forming 

 fine lines down the stem ; stem narrowed upwards, silky, white, 

 ring white, edge of volva not free. 



In woods. 



A. rubescens (PI. Ill, fig. 5). — Cap 3-5 in. across, reddish brown 

 or dingy flesh-colour, with small adnate warts ; gills touching the 

 stem and running down it as fine fines ; stem about 3 in. long, 

 narrowed upwards, whitish, then stained red, ring large, volva 

 nearly obliterated, forming irregular rings round bulbous base of 

 stem. Flesh of cap and stem white, changing to reddish brown 

 when cut. 



Readily known if attention is paid to the change of colour in 

 the flesh, hence its name. Edible. 



In woods and under trees in open places. 



A. magnifica. — Cap 3-5 in. across, reddish brown or liver-colour, 

 edge striate ; gills adnexed ; stem 4-5 in. long, scaly and coloured 

 like the cap up to the large ring, volva obliterated. 



Under beech trees, etc. 



A. megalodactyla. — Strong smelling. Cap 2-2 1 in. across, reddish 

 grey ; gills broad, becoming tinged with red ; stem 4-5 in. long, 

 slightly bulbous, white ; ring large, volva obliterated. 



In woods. 



A. asper (PI. I, fig. 4). — Cap 2-3 in. across, convex, then plane, 

 reddish brown, with firmly attached small warts ; gills white ; 

 stem 2-3 in. long, narrowed upwards from the wrinkled bulb, 

 squamulose, white ; ring entire. 



Free edge of volva obsolete and the firmly attached small, sharp 

 warts on the cap distinguish this species. 



In woods, especially beech. 



A. excelsa. — Cap 4-5 in. across, globose, then plane, brownish 

 grey, surface irregularly wrinkled and with greyisli patches ; gills 

 broad, pure white ; stem 4-6 in. long, stout, bulb depressed, with 

 concentric scales up to the large, torn ring, white. 



In woods. Solitary. 



A. spissa. — Cap 3-4 in. across, convex, then plane, umber, sooty 

 or grey, with small angular, greyish warts ; gills broad, crow^ded, 

 clear white ; stem 2-3 in. long, bulb depressed, clear white, at 

 length concentrically cracked and squamulose ; ring large. Cap 

 often torn and fibrillose at the edge. 



On the ground in woods. 



A. cariosa. — Cap convex, then plane, soft, even, with irregular 

 mealy patches of the universal veil, up to 4 in. across ; gills adnate, 

 then breaking away and appearing free ; stem stout, 4-5 in. long, 

 fragile, nearly equal, smooth. 



In woods. 



