AMANITA. 23 



Order I. AGARICINI. 



Series I. I^BUCOSPORI (white-spored), 



Genus I. AMANITA. 



The name of this family or genus is derived from Mount 

 Amanus. Galen first brought specimen of a fungus from that 

 localit3^ Gills free from the stem. The diagnostic character 

 is the universal veil, called a volva, enveloping the young 

 plant and distinct from the plant. All growing on the ground. 

 All are suspicious as to the esculent qualities. 



Twelve species of this family are represented in this cata- 

 logue. 



A. ttiuscaria. Linn. 



Pileus, four inches or more broad, normally orange yellow 

 or red, fading to w^hite ; convex, then flattened, covered wath a 

 pellicle, which is at first thick then thin ; glutinous, sprinkled 

 with separating warts, fragments of the circumcissile volva ; 

 margin striated, flesh white, under the pellicle yellow. 



Gills, free but reaching the stem, broader in front, white, 

 rarely becoming yellow. 



Stem, four to six inches long, w^hite, at first stuffed, with 

 lax spiderweb fibres, some hollow ; the adnate base of the 

 volva forms an ovate bulb, which is emarginate with concentric 

 ridges. 



Ring", soft, torn, inserted at the apex of the stem. In old 

 specimens the ring is generally destroyed. 



This species is also called Fly Agaric by the English-speaking people. 

 It is the type of the genus Amanita. Our species are not as brightly 

 colored as the European are, but it is one of our grand species. Fig. i 

 represents a young plant, with a fully developed one along side of it. 

 Fig. 2 represents a full-grown one with top of pileus. 



