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HYMENOMYCETES 
finally black. S. 2-3 in., whitish, brittle, hollow. Densely 
tufted about old stumps; not appearing in win. Sometimes 
producing three crops in one year. 
ANELLARIA 
(Anellus , a little ring—from the ring on the stem) 
A. separata ( separatns , distinct—from its distinct character¬ 
istics). Plate XXXVII. 1. 
P. 1-1J in., ovate, then bell-shaped, never expanding, sticky, 
yellowish-white, shining, “ wrinkled when old like wash- 
leather.” G. thin, crowded, broad, greyish-black, margin 
paler. S. 3-5 in., straight, attenuated upwards. R. distant, 
persistent. Common ; not appearing in win. 
A. fimiputris (fimus , dung; putris, rotten—its habitat) is 
more slender and fragile than the above, and the ring is very 
imperfect. Common on dung in pastures. 
PANiEOLUS 
(Gr. pcimiolos , all variegated—from the variegated gills) 
P. campanulatus (campanula , a little bell—bell-shaped). 
Plate XXXVII. 3. 
P. ij in. high and broad, bell-shaped, more or less 
umbonate, neither expanding nor splitting, glabrous brown, 
becoming reddish. G. adnate, crowded, ascending, grey, 
variegated with black. S. 3-5 in., straight, entirely reddish ; 
often beaded with moisture in rainy weather; hollow. Veil 
exceedingly fugacious. Common on well-manured ground 
in sum . and aut. 
P. papilionaceus (papilioj a butterfly—variegated), which 
affects similar situations, may be distinguished from the 
above by the hemispherical and much paler pileus, usually 
cracked into scales when dry, the paler stem, and the broader, 
broadly adnate gills. 
