LEUCOSPORI. 9 



Spores 14 mk. W.G.S. ; subglobose, 8-10 mk. C.B.P. ; 6 mk. W.P. Name Amanita. 

 — spissus, compact. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 12. Hym. Eur. p. 23. C. Hbk. «. 

 12. Illust. PL 39. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 9. Am. cinerea Krotnbh. t. ^g. f. i- 

 5. A. strobiliformis Gonn. &' Rab. t. j./. 3. 



10. A. nitidus Fr. — Pileus when flattened 10 cent. (4 in.) broad, 

 whitish, fleshy, somewhat compact, at first hemispherical, wrapped 

 up, the thick volva forming a floccose crust, then brokeji Jip iftto 

 thick, re7narkably angular, adhering warts, which become fuscons, 

 dry, shining, without a viscous pellicle, margin always even ; flesh 

 white, quite unchatigeable. Stem 7.5 cent. (3 in.) long, 2.5 cent, 

 (i in.) thick, solid, yfrw, conico-attenuated, zuith a bulb-shaped base, 

 squamulose, white. Ring superior, thin, torn, slightly striate, white, 

 villous beneath, at length disappearing. Gills yr<?<?, crowded, very 

 broad, as much as 12 mm. (^ in.), ventricose, shining white. 



The pileus very rarely inclines to become yellow or green. Easily distin- 

 guished by its warts. 



On the ground in woods. Mattishall. 



Several specimens approach so near to A. mappa that it is difficult to distin- 

 guish them. B. &" Br. Name — 7iiteo, to shine. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 12. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 24. Icon. t. 12. f. i. B. &• Br. n. 1833. C. Illust. PI. 70. Bul- 

 beux a facette de diamant Paul, Champ, t. 162. Soc. Med. par. t. 16./". i. 

 Battar. t. 6./. B. 



11. A. asper. Fr. — Pileus 5 cent. (2 in.) and more broad, oliva- 

 ceous-fuliginous, fleshy, lens- shaped -convex, then plane, thin 

 and eveii at the margin., roiighe?ted with mifiiite., regular, angular, 

 very crowded, closely adnate warts; flesh compact, white, beco?n- 

 ing ftcscous tinder the cuticle. Stem stuffed then hollow, at first 

 cttrt, ovate, then elongated, 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, attenuated 

 from the somewhat WTinkled bulb, squamulose, externally and in- 

 ternally white. Ring superior, entire. Gills rounded-free, not 

 striato-decurrent, ventricose, white. 



In beech and fir woods. Uncommon. Aug.-Nov. 



Spores 8x6-7 rnk. W.G.S. Name — asper, rough. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 12. 

 Hym. Eur. p. 24. Bet'k. Out. p. 91. C. Hbk. n. 13. Illust. PI. 34. -S'. 

 Mycol. Scot. n. 10. Vittad. Fu?ig. mang. t. 43. 



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Volva quite rudi7nentary ., fioccidose, Qr^c. 



12. A. magnificus Fr. — Pileus 7.5 cent. (3 in.) broad, whitish, 

 livid, pallid reddish-tan, &c., fleshy, thin, plane when full grown, 

 scarcely umbonate, commonly naked, but often sprinkled with 

 irregularly placed floccose spots, not forming warts; the margiit 

 evidently striate when full grown ; flesh thin, white, but change- 

 able when broken, turning tawny rather than reddening. Stem 

 elongated, slender, 7.5-10 cent. (3-4 in.) long, 6-8 mm. (3-4 lin.) 



