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fragments often adhering to tlie gills and margin of the 

 pileus ; volva large, lax, irregularly splitting at the apex ; 

 spores subglobose, 8-10 /x diameter. 



Agaricus (Amanita) virosus. Fries, Epicr., p. 3 ; Cke., 

 Illustr., pi. 1, 



In damp woods. 



Distinguished by the strong, disagreeable smell, white 

 colour, and large, lax volva. 



Amanita phalloides. Tr. 

 Pileus 3-4 in. across, flesh rather thick, white ; ovate then 

 campanulate, at length expanded, obtuse, covered with a 

 pellicle that is viscid when moist, but not glutinous, rarely 

 with one or more fragments of the volva attached, margin 

 regular, even ; colour very variable, usually white or pale 

 yellow when exposed to light, greenish or with an olive 

 tinge, or often spotted when in shady places; gills free, 

 ventricose, 3-4 lines broad, pure white ; stem 3-5 in. long, 

 J— I in. thick, almost glabrous, white, bulbous, solid at the 

 base, hollow and slightly attenuated upwards, often curved ; 

 ring superior, large, reflexed, slightly striate, tumid, usually 

 entire, white ; volva more or less buried in the ground, 

 bulbous, nearly free, margin torn, lax ; spores subglobose, 

 7-8 /x diameter. 



Agaricus (^Amanita') phalloides, Fries, Epicr., p. 4; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 6 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 2. 



Agaricus vernus, Bull., t. 108; Cke., Hdbk., p. 7; Cke., 

 Illustr., pi. 3. 



Smell not strong but unpleasant. Distinguished by the 

 ample, nearly free volva and the large ring. Fries says 

 that he has met with this species in late autumn having the 

 disc of the pileus almost black and becoming whitish towards 

 the margin. 



Pileus 2-3 in. broad, fleshy subhemispherical, then ex- 

 panded or even slightly dejoressed, sometimes slightly umbo- 

 nate, irregularly scaly from the fragments of the volva 

 adhering to the shining surface, which is slimy when moist; 

 the margin quite even and free from striae ; white, straw- 

 coloured, olive-green with brown markings, &c. Gills 

 numerous, unequal, ventricose, broader in front, pure white, 

 subadnexed, sometimes quite free ; when young covered 



