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11. Venenarius glabriceps (Peck) Murrill. 



Amanita glabriceps Peck, Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 131: 18. 1909. 



Pileus thin, ovoid, becoming broadly convex or centrally depressed, 5- 1 cm. broad ; surface 

 glabrous, viscid when moist, rarely adorned when young with a few patches of the ruptured 

 volva, white or yellowish-white, sometimes slightly brownish in the center, margin usually 

 finely striate; context white; lamellae thin, crowded, free, unequal, white; spores globose, 

 smooth, hyaline, 7.5 /*; stipe long, slender, stuffed, glabrous or floccose-squamulose, white, 

 bulbous at the base, 7.5-15 cm. long, 6-12 mm. thick; annulus thin, white, sometimes appendi- 

 culate or evanescent; volva adnate, marginate, definitely circumscissile. 



Type locality: Coopers Plains, New York. 

 Habitat: Among fallen leaves in woods. 

 Distribution: New York. 

 Illustrations: Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 131 : pi. U p f. 1-4. 



12. Venenarius pantherinoides Murrill, My cologia 4 : 242. 1912. 



Amanita pantherinoides Murrill, Mycologia 4: 262. 1912. 



Pileus thick, fleshy, globose to plane, solitary, reaching 10 cm. broad; surface melleous or 

 dirty-cremeous with brown or chestnut center, sticky when wet, slightly striate in old plants, 

 the white volval patches small, numerous, regular, and regularly distributed until many of 

 them fall away with age; lamellae sinuate, crowded, plane, white; spores ovoid, smooth, 

 hyaline, 9X5 ju J stipe tapering upward, white, glabrous, reaching 11 cm. long and about 2 cm. 

 thick, with bulbous base; annulus large, white, superior, persistent; volva ocreate, white, 

 3 cm. broad, tough, regular, persistent, with entire or undulate free limb. 



Type locality: Seattle, Washington. 

 Habitat: Sandy soil in open woods. 

 Distribution: Washington and Oregon. 



13. Venenarius cothurnatus (Atk.) Murrill, Mycologia 5: 74. 1913. 



Amanita. cothurnata Atk. Stud. Am. Fungi 66. 1900. 



Pileus globose to convex, at length expanded, 3-7 cm. broad; surface quite viscid when 

 moist, decorated with small, scattered, soft, floccose warts, white or tinged with lemon-yellow, 

 or with the center tawny-olive, even or finely striate on the margin; context white, without 

 odor; lamellae rounded behind, crowded, plane, white; spores globose, smooth, hyaline, 7-9 /*; 

 stipe cylindric, bulbous, flocculose or floccose-scaly, white, hollow or rarely stuffed, 5-12 cm. 

 long, 0.4-1 cm. thick; annulus white, thick, persistent; volva white, adnate to the large, ovoid 

 bulb, circumscissile, breaking uniformly and leaving an abrupt ring at the top of the bulb. 



Type locality: North Carolina. 



Habitat: On the ground in woods. 



Distribution: New York to Alabama and west to Michigan and Tennessee. 



Illustrations: Atk. Stud, Am. Fungi/. 68-70; Mycologia 5: pi. 87, f. 6. 



14. Venenarius velatipes (Atk.) Murrill, Mycologia 5: 75. 1913. 



Amanita velatipes Atk. Stud. Am. Fungi 63. 1900. 



Pileus broadly ovoid to convex, at length expanded, thin, 8-10 cm. broad; surface viscid, 

 decorated with scattered, white, volval scales, reddish-brown or umber-brown, sometimes 

 yellow-tinged with the center darker, margin striate, elevated at times with age; lamellae 

 ventricose, white; spores ovoid with unequal sides, smooth, hyaline, 8-10X6-7 m; stipe cylin- 

 dric, bulbous and abruptly pointed below, smooth or floccose-scaly, hollow or stuffed, 15-20 

 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. thick; annulus white, ample, inferior, persistent; volva adnate, ocreate, 

 white, becoming more or less torn or broken. 



Type locality: Ithaca, New York. 



Habitat: Beech woods. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



Illustrations: Atk. Stud. Am. Fungi/. 64-67. 



