Amanita AGARICACE/E 1 7 



somewhat enlarged below, white, pale umber and brown, scaly 

 at base. G. adnate then seceding and free. 

 Suspected poisonous. Woods. Sept. 4g X 5j X f in. Closely allied to 11. 



12. A. nitida Fr. (from the shining pileus ; nitidus, shining) a b. 



P. whitish, cream or whitish-buff, rarely yellowish or olive, warts 



brownish. St. squamulose, white to buff-white. 

 Woods. Aug. 4 X 4: X f in. Compare 4. 



13. A. aspera Pers. (from the rough pileus) a b c. 



P. whitish- or dusky-olive, crowded with small, pointed warts. 



St. white. 

 Poisonous. Taste not unpleasant ; odour strong. Woods, beech, fir ; 



uncommon. June-Nov. 3 x 3^ X f in. 



14. A. magnifiea Sacc. (magnifaus, splendid) a. 



P. whitish, pallid-tan or sienna-brown, floccoso-spotted ; marg. 



sulcate. St. reddish-white. G. adnato-decurrent. Flesh white, 



tawny when broken. 

 Woods, fir, beech ; rare. July-Oct. 4 X 4^ X \ in. Compare 10. 



15. A. arida Gill, (aridus, dry) a. Greyish. 



P. soon plane ; marg. sulcate. Sf. subglabrous, white. A. 



distant. G. adnexo-free or adnexed. Flesh white. 

 Plantations, birch. Sept.-Oct. 3 X 3^ X in. 



15a. A. junquillea Quel. (from a fancied resemblance in the colour 

 of the pileus in some examples to the flowers of the jonquil) b. 



P. campanulato-convex, viscid, buff with paler marg., clad with 

 the greyish remains of the V. ; marg. deeply striate, white. 

 St. hollow, villous-scaly, white, whitish or pale yellowish, pale 

 olive at base. A. superior, membranous, partly appendiculate 

 at marg. of P. in young examples. Vo. marginate, at length 

 torn, white, becoming brown at the edge. G. crowded, adnate 

 with a tooth or adnexed, broader in front, white to faint 

 yellowish-ivory. 



Woods. Spring and autumn. 4f X 5^ X . Compare 20. 



16. A. megalodaetyla Sacc. (from its tall stem; Gr. megas, great, 



dactnlos, a finger) a c. 

 P. reddish-grey or brownish ; marg. not sulcate. St. solid, white. 



A. large. G. free, at length red, not olive-tinged. 

 Odour strong. Woods. Oct.-Nov. 4 x 5$ X | in. Allied to 17 and to 



Lepiota. 



17. A. lentieularis W. G. Sm., Agaricns lenticularis Lasch. (from its 



lentil-shaped stem) a. 

 P. tan or buff; marg. not sulcate. St. solid or slightly stuffed, 



tan-white. A. large. G. free, sometimes faintly olive. 

 Odour mouldy. Plantations, mixed. Oct. 4^ x 6 x - in. Allied to 16 



and to Lepiota. 



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