162 A CATALOGUE OF BRITISH POISONOUS FUNGI. 



Stem. Four to seven inches liigli, white, thick, firm, striate at 

 apex, squamulose above, squarrose below. Base bulbous. Ring 

 white, large, medial, tomentose. Volva dingy, fugacious, half- 

 buried. 



Section. Flesh white, unchanging, thick, firm. Stem stuffed. 

 Gills white, broad, unequal, thick, ventricose, crenulate, rounded 

 behind, free. Odour and taste agreeable. Spores white. 



Obs. Principle narcotico-acrid. Much less virulent than other Amanites. 

 It3 nature was determined by Tulasne. It must not be mistaken for a Parasol. 

 — ir.D. If. 



(II.) AGARICUS MAPPA; Amanita mappa ; The Sorceress. 



Habitat. In woodlands and parks. Scattered or in groups. 



Season. July to November. Common. 



Pileus. Two to three inches across, usually sulphur-yellow, 

 sometimes white, greenish, or pale fawn, dry, smooth, glossy, sub- 

 verrucose ; convex, then plane, even. Warts white, few, flocculose, 

 fugacious. Cuticle adnate. Margin striate. 



Stem. Three to five inches high, white, thick, smooth, attenu- 

 ate above, bulbous below. Ring membranaceous. Volva slight. 



Section. Flesh thickish, white, brittle. Stem stuffed, at length 

 fistulose. Gills white, numerous, straight, unequal, broad, adnexed. 

 Odour faintly disagreeable. Taste scarcely unpleasant. Spores 

 white. 



Obs. An exceedingly beautiful species. Its principle is narcotico-acrid, and 

 the plant is extremely virulent, scarcely less so than Am. phalloides. It is 

 mentioned in chapter ix. — W. D. H. 



(III.) AGARICUS MUSCARIUS ; Amanita muscaria ; The 



Scarlet Fly-cap. (Tab. 1. fig. 1.) 



Habitat. In woods, parks, hedge-sides, etc. Solitary, or in 

 groups. 



Season. August to November. Common. 



Pileus. Three to seven inches across, scarlet, verrucosa, viscid 

 in wet ; at first spherical on bulb, then convex, expanded, nearly 

 plane. Warts white, large, angular, conical, numerous. Margin 

 often orange, thin, striate. 



Stem. Two to nine inches high, white, thick, bulbous below. 

 Ring large, white, deflexed. Volva fragmentary at length. 



Section. Flesh white, yellow under cuticle, thick. Stem stuffed. 



