\\iiiri;-si'( )i<'i;i) AcjAkics. 



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A.frostiana is also thiniur tli.in ih.it ot A.cotliiiiiicit.i. It is nearer, 

 in some respects, to specimens ot Amanita pantlwriiia received from 

 Bresadola, of Austria-Hunjiary. 



Amanita spreta Pk. Said to be Poisonous. — According to Peck this 

 species ^lovvs in open or bushy places. The specimens illustrated 

 in Fig. 71 grew in sandy ground by the roadside near trees in the 

 edge of an open field at Blowing Rock', N. C, and others were found 

 in a gro\'e. Tlu' pl.iiits are lo-i^ cm. high, the caps 6-12 cm. 

 broad, and the stems <S-i2 mm. in thickness. The pileus is convex 



Fu;uRK7i. — Amanita spi eta. The twi) uul>itle plants show the free liml) uf tlie 

 volva lying close against the stem (natural size, often larger). Copyright 1900. 



to e.xpanded, gray or light drab, and darker on the center, or 

 according to Dr. Peck it may be white. It is smooth, or with onK* 

 a few remnants of the volva, striate on the margin, and i-. 5 cm. 

 thick at the center. The gills are white, adnexed, that is they reach 

 the stem by their upper angle. The stem is of the same color as the 

 pileus but somewhat lighter, white to light gray or light drab, 

 cylindrical, not bulbous, hollow or stuffed. Tlie annulus is thin and 

 attached above the middle of the stem. The volva is sordid white, 

 and sheathes the stem w ith a long free limb of 3-5 lobes. It splits at 



