AMANITA. 29 



This beautiful specimen was found in a dense thicket south of Trex- 

 lertown. 



Name derived from the spotted pileus — like a panther. 



Properties, very poisonous, and is considered as such by all authors. 



Scarce, only met with it at the above-mentioned locality, September, 

 1893, where it appears annually. 



A. solitarius. Bull. Solitary Toadstool. 



Pileus, convex, soon expanded, white, warty, even on the 

 margin, flesh thick and white. 



Gills, broad, reaching the stem, white, turning tan. 



Stem, bulbous, rooting deep, bulb below the surface of the 

 soil, or only even with the soil. Solid, white, mealy. 



Volva, friable. 



Ring^, large, lacerated, hanging to the margin of the pileus. 



This species is named solitarius on account of its growing singly or 

 scattered in open woods. It is easily identified by the large bulb at the 

 base of the stipe, which is conical and below the surface of the ground. 

 The color is a dirty white, not as warty as the strobiliformis. Specimens 

 were found in different parts of the county. Specimens were found near 

 Wescoesville, between Trexlertown and Allentown, in an open woods, 

 August and September. 



A. strobiliformis. Bull. 



Pileus, white, convex, expanded, pilliculose, the margin, 

 which extends beyond the gills, even ; warts hard, angular, 

 white, closely adnate, flesh w^hite. 



Gills, rounded, free, white, becoming ^^ellow. 



Stem, six to seven inches high, thick, firm, solid, bulb thick 

 and tubaeform rooted, sometimes split. The greater part above 

 the ground. 



Ring", large, part forming a ring, and part remaining around 

 the margin of the pileus. 



This plant is named ffom the similarity of its undeveloped form to that 

 of strobile of the pine. It is one of the largest. I have seen them eight 



