Anellus, a little ring.
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 Panæolus, 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.
Anellaria separata.
Natural size.
A. separa´ta Karst.—separatus, distinct, separate. Pileus 1–1½ 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 upward, whitish, shining, top somewhat striate. Ring persistent, distant. Massee.
On dung. Rather variable in size.
Pileus bell-shaped, but very obtuse at the summit, ½-1¼ in. from the base to the apex, not expanding at the base without cracking.