CLASSIFICATION 229 



Intermediate between V. speciosa and V. parvula. Differs from 

 the former in the smooth stem and volva ; from the latter in the 

 stem being quite soHd. 



In pastures, also in woods. 



V. temperata. — Cap about | in. across, umbonate, disc tinged 

 tawny, remainder whitish ; gills pale salmon-colour ; stem up to 

 I in. long, whitish, volva large in proportion, edge lobed, tinged 

 brown. 



On soil in greenhouses, etc. 



Pluteus 



Cap regular ; gills free from the stem, salmon-colour when 

 mature ; stem central, ring and volva absent. 



Growing on wood. Recognized by the free gills and absence of 

 ring and volva, amongst the pink-gilled agarics. 



* Cap imth fibrils or doivn which eventually disappears, or powdery, 

 or ivith glistening particles (in other words, not perfectly smooth or 

 glabrous when young). 



P. cervinus (PI. XIX, fig. 4). — Cap 2-4 in. across, soon expanded 

 and becoming broken up into fibrillose squamules that soon dis- 

 appear, smoky, with a yellow brown, or fawn-coloured tinge ; gills 

 crowded, white, then salmon-colour ; stem 2-4 in. long, pale, with 

 blackish fibrils. 



On trunks and stumps. vSolitary. 



var. patricius. — Cap 2-3 in. across, smoky grey or fawn-colour 

 with darker scales, at length smooth and shining and radially 

 cracked ; stem stout, white, shining. 



On logs, stumps, etc. 



var. eximitis. — Cap 4-6 in. across, umber becoming reddish, 

 especially at the edge ; gills broad ; stem grooved upwards, 

 fibrillose, becoming blackish. 



On sawdust. 



var. petasatns. — Cap 3-4 in. across, umbonate, greyish white, 

 very smooth, viscid, becoming striate ; stem 4-5 in. long, whitish. 



On heaps of straw and dung, sawdust, etc. 



var. hullii. — Cap 4-6 in. across, expanded, smooth, pallid, disc 

 darker ; gills broad ; stem 3-4 in. long, pale brown, fibrillose. 



On rotten wood. 



P. nmhrosus. — Cap i|-2| in. across, becoming almost plane, 

 downy, becoming lacunose or pitted, umber-brown, edge fimbriated ; 

 gills flesh-colour, edge darker, fimbriated ; stem 2-3 in. long, pale, 

 downy or squamulose, usually curved. 



Differs from P. cervinus in the dark-edged fimbriate gills. 



On trunks of fir and other trees. 



P. hispidulus. — Cap about \ in. across, soon almost plane, pilose 

 or silky, grey ; gills rather distant from the stem ; stem 1-2 in. 

 long, silvery white, usually curved. 



