324 BRITISH FUNGI 



purplish brown ; stem 3-5 in. long, almost equal, whitish, smooth, 

 ring drooping, double. 



Smell strong. Differs from A. campcstris in the double ring and 

 in the gills ha\-ing no rosy tinge when young. Edible. 



In pastures. Often growing in rings. 



var. xanthoderma. — Cap fleshy, becoming pale primrose-yellow 

 when bruised. 



var. villaticHS. — Cap covered with brownish scales. Large. 



var. purpurascejts. — Small. Cap tinged purple, deepest at disc. 



A. silvaticHS. — Cap 3-4 in. across, campanulate, then expanded 

 and gibbous, fibrillose, disc brownish, rest pale, flesh tinging brown ; 

 gills reddish, then brown ; stem 4-6 in. long, even, whitish, hollow, 

 ring simple. 



Known from all forms of A. cainpcslris by the long hollow stem, 

 which is not bulbous at the base as in var. silvicola. 



In woods. 



.-1. pratensis. — Cap 2-3-2- i^- across, ovoid, then expanded, smooth 

 or with concentric scjuamules, whitish, then greyish ; gills greyish, 

 then brown ; stem about 2 in. long, base thickened, smooth, 

 whitish, ring usuall}/ disappearing. 



In pastures and woods. 



A. hcemorrhoidarius. — Cap 3-5 in. across, ovate, then expanded, 

 brownish, disc often tinged red or purple, coarsely squamulose, 

 flesh thick, white, becoming deep red when wounded ; gills rosy, 

 then purplish umber ; stem 4-5 in. high, more or less swollen at 

 the base, hollow, white, silky, becoming blood-red when bruised, 

 ring large, persistent. 



Distinguished by almost instantly becoming deep red when 

 wounded. 



In woods, etc. 



A. peronatiis. — Cap 4-5 in. across, hemispherical, then expanded, 

 dull ochre, minutely scaly ; flesh unchangeable ; gills pink, then 

 purple-brown ; stem 5-6 in. long, bulbous, hollow, scaly up to the 

 ring, smooth above. 



Readily distinguished by the scaly stem. 



In pine woods. 



A. rusiophyllus. — Cap soon plane, slightly umbonate, pale flesh- 

 colour, about I in. across ; gills free, crowded, thin, dry, rosy, then 

 brownish ; stem about i-J in. long, becoming thinner upwards, 

 white, ring persistent, drooping. 



On the ground. 



A. sagatus. — Cap 1J-2 in. across, convex, then almost plane, 

 even, smooth, shining reddish brow^n ; gills pink, then purple- 

 umber ; stem about 2 in. long, hollow, pale, ring persistent. 



Distinguished by the reddish brown cap. 



Among grass under trees. 



