AMANITA. 27 



Plant four to six inches high, pileus three to five inches 

 broad, stem four to six lines thick. August. — Peck' s Report. 



A. Csesarea. Scop. Caesar's Mushroom. 



Pileus, hemispherical, expanded, margin striated, of a 

 beautiful orange color, with a few remnants of the torn volva ; 

 flesh white except near the cuticle, yellow. 



Gills, yellow, free, straight. 



Stem, tapering upwards, yellow, ring lax and not very 

 persistent, volva sheathing the base of the stem ; hollow, with 

 cotton}' fibres. 



Our species is not as robust as the European, and not so 

 bright in color. 



Caesar's Agaric, or Orange Agaric. This is a large and showy Amanita, 

 The yellow gills are the diagnostic character. It is also called the 

 Fungorum princeps. 



It is of a beautiful orange yellow color, no.t very abundant. All authors 

 agree in attributing esculent properties. It has also been termed Cibus 

 Deorum. 



Specimens were found in woods northeast of Trexlertown, Pa., in 

 Stephen's woods, and also in every open woods in the Valley in their 

 season. 



A. phalloides. Fr. The phallus-like toadstool. 



Pileus, three to four inches broad, commonly shining white 

 or sometimes light fuscous, ovate, campanulate at first then 

 expanded, covered with a viscid pellicle ; rarely adorned with 

 the remains of the volva, which remains at the base of the stem 

 and is split at the top. 



Gills, white, free, ventricose, broad. 



Stem, solid, bulbous downwards, hollow and tapering 

 upwards, snow-white. Ring superior, white, reflexed. Volva 

 more or less buried in the soil, entire or split, white. 



Variable in color. With us it is white, sometimes fuscous. The olive- 

 green is very scarce, which is the prevailing color of the European species. 



