Leucosporae 



patches of volva; margin even, extending beyond the gills. Stem 2-4 Amanitopsis. 

 in. long, }-s in. thick, cylindrical, rough, fibrillose, pale buff, flesh dis- 

 tinct from that of the pileus, stuffed, then hollow; base slightly swollen. 

 Volva adnate, white, downy, margin free and lax, sometimes almost 

 obsolete. Gills truly adnate, crowded, with many intermediate shorter 

 ones, white. Spores subglobose, with an oblique point, 7 S//. Massee. 

 Tender, good flavor, yielding more substance when cooked than any 

 other Amanitopsis. 



A. volva ta Pk. possessing a volva. PileilS convex, then nearly 

 plane, slightly striate on the margin, hairy or floccose-scaly, white or 

 whitish, the disk sometimes brownish. Gills close, free, white. Stem 

 equal or slightly tapering upward, stuffed, minutely floccose-scaly, 

 whitish, inserted at the base in a large, firm, cup-shaped, persistent 

 volva. Spores elliptical, ioxS/A. 



Plant 2-3 in. high. PileilS 2-3 broad. Stem 3-4 lines thick. 

 Peck, 33d Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



The plant is easily recognized by its large, cup-shaped volva and cap, 

 which is not smooth, as is usual in a species with a persistent mem- 

 branous volva, more or less scaly with minute tufts of fibrils or tomen- 

 tose hairs. The gills are white in the fresh plant. 



Professor Peck notes the species as quite rare. Numerous specimens 

 occur in the sandy oak woods of New Jersey, and in oak woods near 

 Angora, Philadelphia. July to October. 



Care must be taken to determine the absence of an annulus or any 

 trace of one. Tender, delicate, without pronounced flavor. Equal to 

 Amanitopsis vaginata. 



A. farino'sa Schw. coverefl with farina, meal. PileilS nearly plane, 

 thin, flocculent-pulverulent, widely and deeply striate on tJie margin, 

 grayish-brown or livid-brown. Gills free, whitish. Stem whitish or 

 pallid, equal, stuffed or hollow, mealy, sub-bulbous, the volva flocciilent- 

 pnlvenilent, evanescent. Spores variable, elliptical ovate or subglobose , 

 6 8/u. long. 



Plant about 2 in. high. Pileus I in. to 15 lines broad. Stem 1-3 

 lines thick. July to September. 



This is our smallest Amanita (now Amanitopsis). It is neither very 

 common nor very abundant when it does occur. It is described by 



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