CLASSIFICATION 97 



presence of a ring on tlie stem, along with gills attached to the 

 stem. 



* Gills siniiatdy adncxcd : I'iiti^ prcsoit {rcsonbliii'^ Triclwloma 

 laitli a ring). 



A. hitlbigcra. — Cap 3-4 in. across, convex, then expanded, 

 brownish or yellowish red ; gills broadly sinuate, becoming 

 coloured ; stem 2-3 in. long, stout, with a distinctly marginate 

 bulb, pale with blackish fibrils ; ring soon disappearing. 



Readily distinguished by the marginate bulb at the base of the 

 stem. 



On the ground in pine woods. 



A. focalis. — Cap 3-5 in. across, convex, then expanded, obtuse, 

 rather shining, reddish taw^ny ; gills crowded, narrow ; stem about 

 3 in. long, stout, pale tawny, fibrillose, solid, not at all bulbous ; 

 ring large, oblique. 



On the ground in pine woods. 



var. goliath. — Much larger ; ring fugacious. 



A. robusta. — Cap up to 3 in. across, dry, rufous-bay, flesh thick ; 

 gills broad, crowded, whitish ; stem 1-2 in. long, stout, reddish 

 white, fibrillose below the large ring. 



var. minor. — Smaller than type form ; gills very narrow. 



Both occur in woods. 



A. aiirantia. — Cap 2-3 in. across, convex, then almost plane, 

 deep orange ; gills white, then tinged rufous ; stem about 3 in. 

 long, stout, tawny orange, with concentric rings of squamules up 

 to the obsolete ring, shining white above. 



In pine woods. 



A. caligata. — Smell strong. Cap convex, then plane, tawny, 

 with adpressed, silky squamules, 3 in. across ; gihs emarginate, 

 white ; stem solid, below the ring zoned with brown squamules, 

 3-4 in. long. 



Previously called A. focalis, var. minor. 



On the ground in pine woods, etc. 



A. ramentacea (PI. VI, fig. 5). — Cap 2-3 in. across, becoming 

 almost flat, then depressed and upturned, whitish or tinged yellow, 

 broken up into darker adpressed scales ; gills becoming free, white, 

 then yellowish ; stem 1-2 in. long, variegated with brown squa- 

 mules up to the imperfect ring, white above. 



Smell unpleasant. Requires to be carefully distinguished from 

 Lepiota carcharias. 



On the ground under pines, etc. 



A. hcemaiiles (PL VI, fig. 4). — Cap about i in. across, liver- 

 coloured ; gills narrow, with a reddish tinge ; stem coloured like 

 the cap up to the spongy ring, whitish above. 



Among fir leaves. 



