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[Amanita strobiliformis (Vitt.). 

 S.W.— 'Ihf Diet. Icon. Champ, quotes Bolton's plate 47 as 

 this species. The figure more likely represents Amanita excehn. 

 I\[,n W.— Bingley Woods (Fl. Skipt.). Doubtful record]. 



47. Amanita rubescens (Pers.) Fr. 



(Bolton's Hist. Fung., Tab. 27). Common in woods and 

 plantations ; generally distributed ; stations where noted too 

 numerous to specify. Edible; much appreciated as an esculent 

 species on account of its delicious flavour. 



48. Amanita spissa Fr. 



S.W. — Nab Wood, Saltaire (H.T.S., 'Nat', 1S91, p. 279). 

 Crimsworth Dean and Hardcastle, near Hebden Bridge. 

 N.E. — Scarborough, 

 In mixed woods. Uncommon. 



49. Amanita nitida Fr. 



S.W. — Crimsworth Dean, Hebden Bridge ('Nat.', June 1894). 



50 Amanita aspera Fr. 

 S.W. — Halifax, 1790 (Bolton's Hist. Fung., Tab. 139). Lud- 

 denden Dean, Hx. 

 N.W^— Masham. 

 In woods. Rare. 



Cexus AMAMTOPSIS Roze, 1876, 



51. Amanitopsis vaginatus (Bull.). 



Common in woods; distribution general. Edible, but not 

 considered of much value on account of the thinness of its flesh. 

 Form fulva Schreff. 



S.W. — Storthes Hall woods, etc. (Huddersfield F.F., 1895). 



N.W. — Sedbergh (Exc. 1902). 

 Hebden Bridge. Luddenden Dean, Hx. 



Dr. Cooke considers this to be a distinct species, mainly on 

 account of its not being esculent. 



52. Amanitopsis strangulatus Fr. 



[Syn. Amanitopsis Cecilim B. & Br.]. 

 S.W.— Roche Abbey Valley (Lees' FL). Goitstock, and EUer 

 Carr, near Cullingworth. Hebden Bridge. 



