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Stem. Four to six inches high, white or pallid, thick below, 

 attenuate upwards, silky and rimulose above, below squamulose, 

 naked. Volva grey, torn, imperfect, thick, not vaginate. 



Section. Flesh white, unchanging, thickish. Stem stuffed, 

 spongy. Gills white, thick, veined, perhaps furcate, rather distant, 

 free. Odourless. Taste sweet. Spores white. 



Ohs. Not much is known of it, but it has the reputation of being esculent. 

 If it be the A. murinus of Koques, it has also been deemed deleterious. I have 

 eaten it with Am. vaginata, which it closely resembles, the distinction lying in 

 the stuffed stem and imperfect volva. — W. D. H. 



(3.) AGARICUS CESAHEUS ; Amanita Cesarea ; The Orange. 



Habitat. In pine and fir woods. Solitary, or grouped. 



Season. July to October. 



Pileus. Three to six inches across, orange-yellow; at first 

 orbicular and inclosed in white volva, then convex, expanded, 

 plane, not viscid, not verrucose. Margin striate, rimose, sometimes 

 incurved, even. 



Stem. Three to six inches high, yellow, smooth, thick, attenuate 

 upwards, bulbous below. Ring deflexed, thick, broad, yellow. 

 Volva large, white, vaginate. 



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

 white within. Gills yellow, thick, broad, unequal, free. Odour 

 slight. Taste bland. Spores white. 



Obs. This is not yet an established British species. But its renown, both of 

 ancient and modern date, induced me to include it here. It occurs throughout 

 North Europe and North America, and ought to grow in England. Report says 

 it has been found here, and perhaps it may yet appear in quantity, or be intro- 

 duced. It is an esculent of high merit. — W. D. H. 



(4.) AGARICUS RUBESCENSj Amanita rnbescens ; The 



Blusher. 



Habitat. In and about woods, near trees in parks, etc. Solitary, 

 or in little groups. 



Season. June to October. Very common. 



Pileus. Three to six inches across, tawny-brown, more or less 

 reddish-brown, but never the least scarlet or orange ; convex, 

 at first smaller than bulb, with incurved edges, then expanding, 

 plane, even, depressed in wet weather. "Warts numerous, scat- 

 tered, dirty-white, mealy, washed off by rain. Margin scarcely 

 striate. 



