268 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



**** Volva almost obsolete. 



Amanita magnifica. Fr. 



Pileiis 3-0 in. across, flesli rather tliick, wliite, then like 

 that of the stem reddish ; convex then almost plane, almost 

 naked or with scattered mealy patches of the pileus that 

 do not form warts, reddish-brown or liver-colour, margin 

 striate ; stem 4-5 in. long, up to f in. thick, almost equal 

 or more or less bulbous at the base, scaly and coloured like 

 the pileus up to the superior, large, drooping, seceding ring, 

 pale above, stuffed then hollow; volva obliterated; gills 

 narrowed behind and slightly decurrent, rather narrow, 

 whitish. 



Agaricus (Amanita) magnificus. Fries, Epicr., p. 10 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 9 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 34. 



Under beech-trees, &c. 



The whole fungus is sometimes more slender than indi- 

 cated above. Allied to A. ruhescens, but differing in the de- 

 current gills, absence of warts on the pileus, stem becoming 

 hollow, &c. 



In fir woods. Our plant differs from the figure in 

 Fl. Dan., t. 2146, in having a bulbous base. Pileus cam- 

 pan ulate, even, with scattered mealy patches ; stem attenuated 

 upwards, transversely scaly. Whole plant dark liver-red, 

 with the exception of the white, adnexed gills. Allied to 

 A. ruhescens, but quite distinct, though variable. Fl. Danica, 

 tab. 2148, fig. 2, which is referred by Fries to this species, 

 has, like the Agaric before us, a bulbous base. (B. & Br.) 



Amanita megalodactyla. Berk. 



Strong scented. Pileus 2-2J in. across, flesh rather thick, 

 white ; convex then expanded, somewhat gibbous, soft, smooth, 

 reddish-grey, cuticle not broken up, margin even; gills 

 free, 2-3 lines broad, pallid, becoming tinged with red ; stem 

 4-5 in. long, h iu. thick, slightly bulbous, solid, fibrillose, 

 white ; ring superior, large, spreading ; volva floccose, almost 

 obsolete, entirely adnate ; spores elliptical, 5 x 3 /x. 



Agaricus (Amanita) megalodaciylus, Berk.. Outl., p. 91 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 9 ; Cke., lUustr., pi. 11. 



In woods. 



In Cooke's figure the pileus is bright ochraceous, and 



