88 BRITISH FUNGI 



var. nivalis. — Fungus entirely white, similar in size to the 

 typical grey form. 



var. julva (PI. II, fig. 4). — Cap tawny orange, otherwise as the 

 type form. 



A. strangulata. — Cap 3-4 in. across, edge striate, rather viscid, 

 livid bay, then pale, usually with numerous warts, the broken-up 

 remains of the volva ; gills crowded, clear wliite ; stem 4-6 in. 

 long, tapering upwards, pale, volva adnate, broken up into irregular 

 rings, due to the increase in length of the stem. 



The cap is sometimes mouse-grey. 



In woods. 



A. adnata (PI. V, fig. 3). — Cap about 3 in. across, pale yellowish 

 buff, often with woolly patches of the volva ; gills adnate, crowded, 

 white ; stem 2-4 in. long, pale buff, fibrillose, base slightly swollen, 

 volva adnate, white, edge free, sometimes almost obsolete. 

 , An anomalous species in the adnate gills and imperfect volva. 



Under oak, holly, etc. 



Lepiota 



Cap regular, often scalj^ or granular ; gills free, usually quite 

 distant from the stem ; stem central ; ring present, sometimes soon 

 disappearing. 



Known from Amanita by the absence of a volva, and from 

 Armillaria by the free gills. Amanitopsis differs in the absence of 

 a ring. All the species grow on the ground. Some are edible. 



I. Cuticle of cap dry (not viscid), scaly. 



* Ring movable from the stem. 



L. procera (Parasol Mushroom) (PI. IV, fig. i). — Cap 4-9 in. 

 across, soon expanded and umbonate, pale, with darker scales ; 

 gills crowded, whitish ; stem 5-9 in. long, thicker downwards, 

 brownish ; ring large, free, often slipping down the stem. 



Among grass in pastures, etc. 



L. rachodes (PI. IV, fig. 5). — Much resembling L. procera, differ- 

 ing in not being umbonate ; stem whitish, and flesh becoming 

 reddish brown when cut. 



Among grass. 



L. leucothites.- — Cap globose, becoming plane, more or less um- 

 bonate, becoming broken up into squamules, white, disc tinged 

 brown, 3-4 in. across ; gills free, crowded, tinged pink with age ; 

 stem bulbous, smooth, white ; ring large, persistent. 



When old liable to be mistaken for a pink-spored species, unless 

 attention is paid to the smooth, white spores. 



On the ground. 



L. prominens. — Cap globose, then expanded, umbo large and 

 subacute, disc scaly, remainder with scattered, adnate, brown 



