Annularia 



AGARICACE^E 



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456. V. media Gill, (from its intermediate position between 455 



and 457) a b c. 

 P. convexo-plane, subumbonate, white; mid. pale brownish; 



marg. pale rose. St. white. Vo. small, lax, spreading; 



whitish. 

 Woods, on the ground. Aug.-Oct. 2\ x 3 X J in. 



457. V. parvula Que'l. (parvulus, small) a b c. Whitish. 

 P. convexo-plane, subumbonate. Vo. large, lax. 



Gregarious. Pastures, gardens, fir-woods, dead wood ; frequent. May-Oct. 

 I&X i X & in. A minute form of this occurs in stoves. 



XIII. ANNULARIA Gill. 

 (From the annulate stem.) 



Veil universal, concrete with the cuticle of the pileus. Hymenophore 

 distinct from the fleshy stem. Pileus plane or broken up into minute 

 squamules. Stem central, annulate, hollow. Gills free. (Fig. 22.) 



Fig. 22. Section of Annularia lezvis Gill. 

 One-half natural size. 



Terrestrial. Annularia agrees in structure with Lepiota, Togaria 

 and Psalliota. 

 457a. A. Isevis Gill, (from the usually smooth pileus; lavis, 



smooth) a b. 



P. convex, expanded, obtuse to subumbonate, smooth, glabrous 

 or minutely squamulose, white or pallid. St. slightly attenuate 



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