White-spored Series 



AmanitopsiS parcivolvata (See Frontispiece) 



Cap or Pileus — Convex, then expanded ; smooth, free from warts. 



Colour brilliant orange red over 



the whole cap; not yellow on 



the margin, not fading with 



age. ■ Uniform in colour in 



young and old specimens. 



Margin with striations deep and long. 

 Gills or Lamella: — Lemon yellow, free from 



stem,and rounded at the outer extremity. 

 Stem — Slightly tapering toward the cap; hol- 

 low. Clear lemon yellow, covered with 



meal-like particles. 

 Ring or Veil—hIo)iem old or young specimens. 

 Volva — Present ; not large and loose. White ; 



clinging closely to the stem in the form 



of scales. 

 Spores — White. 

 Flesh — Unpleasant raw odour. White, stained 



with orange red immediately under the 



skin. 

 Habitat— lAxxed woods. New Jersey, North 



Carolina. 

 Time — July. 



The caps of the specimens found Section of A. 



in North Carolina varied in colour from parcivolvata (reduced) 

 almost white to white with a red centre, and from orange or 

 shades of orange to brilliant red. 



GENUS MYCENA 



The members of this genus have white spores ; no volva nor 

 annulus ; lamellae thin, with acute edges ; gills with a little bay 

 cut out near the stem, sinuate, and the stem with a cartilaginous 

 rind. Cap membranous and striate on the margin — that is, with 

 depressed parallel lines. 



Mycena haematopoda (See Plate facing page 93) 



Cap or Pileus — Bell-shaped; reddish brown, deeper shade on 



margin. 

 Gills or Lamellce — Paler tint of colour of cap ; adnate. 



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