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14. Agaricus (Amanita) megalodactylus. 5. " Strong- 



scented Amanita." 



Strong scented. Pileus soft, convex, smoofh, reddisli-grey ; 

 cuticle entire ; margin even ; stem somewhat bulbous, solid, fibril- 

 lose; ring very large, placed near the top of the stem; gills moder- 

 ately broad, free, pallid, at length tinged with red. — Berh. Outl. 



In a wood near Stamford. 



Pileus 3| in. across ; stem 5 in. high. The volva is almost obsolete, it is 

 allied to A. le/itkalaris, but the solid stem is not squamulose, and the gills 

 do not assume an olive tint. — J/. /. B. 



Sect. 5. Denudatce — veil entirely obsolete. 



15. Agaricus (Amanita) lenticularis. Lasch. " Smooth 



Amanita." 



Pileus globose, then convexo-plane, soft, smooth, margin even ; 

 stem stuffed, bulbous, squamulose; ring broad above ; gills free, 

 becoming pallid. — Lasch. Linn. no. 18. Paul. p. 306, 1. 149. B. 4" 

 Br. Ann. N.H. (1866), no. 110-4. Fr. Icon. 1. 13. 



In plantations. Oct. Coed Coch. 



Remarkable for the great development of the ring, and the smooth pinkish 

 tan pileus. Stem 4-6 in. long. Pileus 3-4 in. broad. Flesh soft, spongy, 

 white, with a mouldy odour. Gills free, approximate, ventricose, broader 

 behind, very much crowded, white. 



Sub-Gen. 2. Lepiota. Fr. S.M., i. p. 19. 



Veil universal mrit concrete, with the 

 cuticle of the pileus breaking up in the form 

 of scale s (f) ; pileus never compact, often 

 very thin, the flesh always soft and thread- 

 like, and not only distinct from the stem, but 

 often separated above into a peculiar cup ; 

 stem distinct from the hymenophore, gene- 

 rally hollow, full of threadlike fibres, rather 

 sub^cartilaginous than fleshy, different in 

 texture from the flesh of the pileus, hence it is 

 easily removed, leaving a cup or socket at its 

 point of juncture with the pileus (e), fur- 

 nished with an annulus, which is at first con- 

 tinuous with the cuticle of the pileus, often 

 moveable, sometimes evanescent ; volva 

 none ; gills free ; hence not sinuate or de- 

 Fig. 35. current. 



