CLASSIFICATION OP AGAR] 



Gregarious or scattered, On the ground in frondose w I- >>f 



oak, maple, «i« - . Ann Arbor. July. Infrequent 



This species has usually been considered of doubtful occm 

 in this country, h has been one of the Last of the Amanitas men 

 tinned in this report thai I have collected. h is certaiulj di-ti 

 and usually agrees thoroughly with the descriptions, but 

 in- pare, its graj to smokj brown cap, the pulverulentfln 

 friable, gray universal veil, ili«' non-striate pileus and -i" 

 acterize it well. Only the little graj masses on the lower part of the 

 stem and on the surface of the cap, indicate the presence of an outer 

 veil. The annulus is distinct, far up on the stem and someti 

 with gray particles on the lower Bide. After rains there maj i» 

 remnants of the \«'il either <>n the cap or stem. 



Amanitopsis Roze 

 (From the Greek, opsis, appearance of, and Imanita.) 



White-spored. Stem inserted at base into a volva fon I .1- in 



Amanita; partial veil and annulus are lacking; otherwise like 

 Amanita. 



Soft, fleshy, terrestrial, long or slender-stemmed, oon-caespito 

 mushrooms, growing mostly in forest humus, rarely in fields or 

 law ns. 



Tin* characters, except the absence of an annulus, imitate 

 closely the species of Amanita, that the reader is referred to the 

 discussion of that genus. None are definitely known to be poison- 

 ous, bul the case with which they can be Confused with Am. 111 

 should make everybody extremely cautious. The poisonous Imanita 

 spreta Pk. imitates some of the species of Amanitopsis closely, 

 cause of it- thin, close-appressed annulus. Other Amani 

 times lose their annulus. and might be taken for Amanitop? 

 Only three species have been collected in th< 9 ibout twelve 



species have 1 a reported from the United States. The follow 



species, not yet found, but included in the hey. may be looked : 

 .1. albocreata Atk. (this is considered the sann a ,: " om 

 Bcribed by Peck in the 33d N. Y. State Etep. under I. >ii>,iti*<: 1. 

 farinosa (Schw.) Atk. which has. however, a somewhat south 

 ami eastern distribution and is one of the smallest \ 

 l. adnata 1 Smith 1 Sacc. reported from the Chicago regioi 

 from the demands of the genus in having adnate gills 1 »i//«i 

 Pk. is another small specie-, its pileus hardh .". cm. bl 



