Agaricaceae 



ANELLA'RIA Karst. 

 Anellus, a little ring. 



Aneiiaria. Pileus slightly fleshy, smooth and even. Gills adnexed, dark slate- 

 color, variegated with the black spores. Stem central, smooth, shining, 

 rather firm. Ring present at first, either persistent or forming a zone 

 around the stem. 



The species of this genus were formerly included in Panaeolus, from 

 which this is separated by the presence of a ring, more or less definite. 



In other characters they are similar. As in Amanitopsis and Amanita. 



(Plate CIX.) 



A. separa'ta Karst. separates, distinct, separate. Pileus i-iK in. 



across, height about the same, ovate, then 

 bell-shaped, not expanding, viscid, even, 

 ochraceous, then whitish, shining, wrinkled 

 when old. Flesh rather thick. Gills adfixed, 

 ascending, thin, crowded, broad, 2-3 lines, 

 grayish-black, margin paler. Stem long, 3-5 

 in., straight, base thickened, attenuated up- 

 ward, whitish, shining, top somewhat striate. 

 Ring persistent, distant. Massee. 



On dung. Rather variable in size. 



Pileus bell-shaped, but very obtuse at the 

 summit, >-i M in. from the base to the apex, 

 not expanding at the base without cracking. 



Spores broadly elliptic-fusiform, black, 

 opaque, iox7/x Massee; ellipsoid, 1622x10 

 I2/* K.; i6xn/t W.G.S. 



West Virginia, 1881-1885, New Jersey, 

 Mt. Gretna, Pa., July, 1898, on dung. Me- 

 Ilvaine. 



A common, frequent species from May to 

 October. It is substantial in flesh, excellent 

 in substance and flavor. Cook soon and not 

 over fifteen minutes. 



ANELLARIA SEPARATA. 

 Natural size. 



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