46 Guide to the Mushrooms 



darker^ globose^ then plane, skin thin, separating, 

 sprinkled with unequal whitish warts the remains 

 of the volva. Margin even, at first, later furrowed. 



Flesh.— Soft, white, unchangeable. 



Gills. — Free broad, ventricose, rounded behind, 

 white. 



Spores. — Elliptical, white. 



Stem. — 4 to 6 inches long up to 1 inch thick; at 

 first stuffed, later hollow ; bulbous at base, covered 

 generally as far as ring with concentric scales 

 formed from the torn skin of stem. 



Ring. — Superior, large, at length torn. 



J'olva. — Marginate, buried in the soil, somewhat 

 rooting. Odor. — Not strong. 



Habitat. — In woods, growing singly July to No- 

 vember, quite frequent in all sections of U. S. 



Poisonous. 



AMANITA muscaria. (Linn.) from musca 

 meaning a fly. Common Name "Fly Amanita." 



Cap. — 4 inches or more broad, deep orange in 

 centre, lighter near margin, fading as it grows 

 older; globe shaped, then convex and at last flat; 

 covered with a skin which is viscid in moist weath- 

 er and sprinkled witli thick white, fragments of 

 the volva, margin slightly striate. 



Flesh. — White, tinged with yellow just below 

 the skin. 



Gills. — Free, crowded, broader in front, white 

 or tinged with yellow. 



