140 OUTLINES OF BRITISH FUNGOLOGY. 



campanulatc, then expanded, self-coloured, clotlied with silky- 

 threads ; stem solid, attenuated, smooth ; volva very large, dark 

 externally; gills free, flesh-eoloured. (Plate 7, fig. 1.) 



On deeayed AA'ood. Rare. Pileus 3-4 inches aeross ; volva 

 lobed. 



203. A. (Volvaria) volvaceus, Bull. ; pileus soft, fleshy, cam- 

 panulate, then expanded, obtuse, virgate, with little close- 

 pressed, black fibres ; stem solid, nearly equal ; volva loose 

 gills free, flesh-coloured. — Soiv. t. 1. 



lu stoves, on the sides of roads, etc. Rare in the latter 

 situation. Pileus 3-4 inches across. 



204. A. (Volvaria) Loveianus, B. ; pileus thin, fleshy, sub- 

 truncate, globose, then convex, obtuse, white, silky ; stem solid, 

 attenuated upwards; volva loose, lobed; gills free, rose-coloured. 

 (Plate 7, fig. 2.) 



Parasitic on Ag. 7iehularis. Very rare. Cffispitose. Pileus 

 2^ inches aeross. This is A. .mrrectus, Knapp in Journ. of a Nat. 



205. A. (Volvaria) Taylori, B. ; pileus thin, conical, obtuse, 

 livid, striato-rimose from the apex; stem pale, solid, nearly 

 equal ; volva lobed, brown, small ; gills uneven, broad in front, 

 attenuated behind, rose-coloured. 



On the ground. Jersey, Michael Angelo Taylor, Esq. Re- 

 niai-kable for its attenuated, unequal gills. 



206. A. (Volvaria) pusillus, Fr. ; pileus subcampanulate, 

 submeral)ranaeeous, silkj^, slightly viscid ; stem nearly equal, 

 solid ; volva small, lobed ; gills free, rose-coloured. — Bull, 

 t. 330. 



In pastures after stormy weather. Common. Very variable 

 in size, from a few lines to 2 inches; white, sometimes tinged 

 with yellow or brown. Stem smooth or squamulose. Exactly 

 the plant of BuUiard. Whether it is the same with A. parrulns, 

 Fr., is not so clear. Sliy;htlv viscid when moist. 



