4 AGARICUS. 



Amanita. 18. Sveris*. at I. och. gift. Svamp. t. 84. . Mycol. Scot. Supp. Scot. Nat. 

 1 88 1, p. 33. C. Illust. PI. i. 



2. A. phalloides Fr. Pileus 7.5-10 cent. (3-4 in.) broad, com- 

 monly shining white or lemon-yellow, fleshy, ovato-campanulate, 

 then expanded, obtiise, covered over with a pellicle which is viscid 

 (not glutinous) in wet weather, naked, rarely sprinkled with one 

 or two fragments of the volva, the regular margin even. Stem 

 7.5-12.5 cent. (3-5 in.) long, i cent. ()4 in.) and more thick, solid 

 downwards, bulbous, hollow and attenuated upwards, rather 

 smooth, white. Ring superior, reflexed, slightly striate, swollen, 

 commonly entire, white. Volva more or less buried in the soil, 

 bulbous, semifree, bursting open in a torn manner at the apex, 

 with a lax border. Gills free, ventricose 8 mm. (4 lin.) broad, 

 shining white. 



Pileus very variable in colour, commonly white (Bolt. t. 48. Gonn. & Rab. 

 t. 10. f. i.), or yellow (A. citrina a Pers.}, becoming green (Fl. Dan. t. 1246), 

 green (Am. viridis Pers.}, olivaceous (Krombh. t. 69. f. 10-17), ar) d occasion- 

 ally variegated with tiger spots ; in late autumn with the disc almost black 

 but whitish round the margin. Odour somewhat foetid, but little remarkable 

 as compared with that of A. virosus. 



In woods. Frequent. Aug.-Nov. 



A very poisonous and dangerous species. Spores 8-9 mk. W.G.S. 8-10 

 mk. B. Name <foAA6s, elSos, appearance. Phallus-like. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 4. 

 Hym. Eur. p. 18. Sverig. at I. Sv. t. 2. Berk. Out. p. 89. /. 3. /. i. C. 

 Hbk. n. 5. Illust. PL 2. S. Mycol. Scot. n. i. Fungus phalloides Vaill. 

 Par. t. 14. f. 5. Vivia?i t. 15. Barla t. 4. Fl. Batava t. 829. Krombh. t. 

 28. f. i-io. Corda ap. Sturm t. 55. Price f. 28. Paul. Champ, t. 155. f. i, 

 2. Hartz. t. 5 &c. A. virosus Vittad. t. 17. Inzenga Sicil. t. 2. 



* A. vernus Bull. White. Pileus ovate then expanded, some- 

 what depressed, viscid, margin orbicular, even. Stem stuffed 

 then hollow, equal, floccose, closely sheathed with the free border 

 of the volva. Ring reflexed, swollen. Gills free. 



In woods. Spring-Summer. 



It does not seem to be distinguishable from A. phalloides., and is probably 

 also poisonous. Name ver, spring. A. bulbosus vernus Bull. t. 108. Fr. 

 Hym. Eur. p. 18. Berk. Out. p. 89. C. Hbk. n. 4. Illust. PI. 3. 5. Mycol. 

 Scot. n. 2. Vittad. t. 44. A. solitarius Gonn. &= Rab. t. u. /. 2. Paul. t. 

 156. f. 3, 4. The figures of Bolton and Price may be quoted for either. 



3. A. mappa Fr. Pileus 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) broad, commonly 

 white or becoming yellow, slightly fleshy, convexo-plane, obtuse 

 or depressed, orbicular, dry, margin for the most part even. Stem 

 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, 6-10 mm. (3-5 lin.) thick, stuffed then 

 hollow, almost equal above the bulb, rather smooth, white. Ring 

 superior, soft, lax, here and there torn. Volva regularly circularly- 

 split, somewhat obliterated ; the globoso-bulbous base connate 



