Guide to the Mushrooms 45 



AMANITA phalloides. (Fr.) 'Thallus-like." 



Cap. — 3 to 1 inches broad, commonly white or 

 lemon yellow_, oval, bell-shaped, later expanded, cov- 

 ered with thin viscid skin, rarely sprinkled with one 

 or two wartlike fragments of the volva, margin 

 even. 



Flesh. — White. 



Gills. — Rather broad, free, rounded behind, 

 white. 



Spores. — Globular, white. 



Stem. — 3 to 5 inches long, 1-2 inch or more thick, 

 lower part solid and bulbous, upper part hollow 

 and tapering, white. 



Ring. — On upper part of stem (superior) gen- 

 crallv whole and white. 



Volva. — ]\rore or less buried, bulbous, bursting 

 open in a torn manner about the stem and partially 

 free from it. 



Odor. — Somewhat foetid. 



Habitat. — In woods, occasionally in pastures, 

 growing singly, frequent from July to November. 

 Very frequent in all sections of the United States. 



Very poisonous. 



AMANITA excelsa. (Fr.) excdsus, tall. 



Cap. — 4 to 5 inches broad, brownish gray, disc 



