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ing decurrent lines upon it ; volva obliteratecl. — Fr. Epicr.p. 7. 

 Eng. Fl. y.p. 5. Vent, t. 26, f. 1-3. Kromb. 1. 10, /. 1-5. Letell. t. 

 677. Trans. Woolh. C. (1868). Gonn. 4' Eabh. i. t. 5. Price,/. 75. 

 Huss. i. t. 23. Vitt. 3Iang., t. 41. Scha^ff. t. 91-261. Paul. 1. 161. 

 Curt. Fl. L. t 312, partly. Hogg ^' Johnst. 1. 1. Smith, E. M. f. 1. 

 Badh. i. i. 12,/. 1, ii. ^. 11,/. 3-5. 



In woods. Common. Esculent. [United States.] 



Margin of pileus in some instances with the appearance of striae ; flesh turn- 

 ing reddisli when cut or bruised ; gills broad in front, narrowed behind ; stem 

 above the ring clothed with flat adpressed scales, below the ring the scales 

 have their upper margin free and patent. Smell strong, taste not unpleasant. 

 Spores -OOUS X -00023 in.— TF. G. S. 



12. Agaxicus (Amanita) spissus. Fr. " Clammy Amanita." 



Pileus convex, then plane, rough with minute, adnate, mealy 

 warts ; margin smooth ; flesh fimi, white, unchangeable ; stem 

 stuffed, fiiTu, attenuated upwards, squamulose ; ring entire ; gills 

 adnexed, with decurrent lines on the stem. — Fr. Epicr.p. 9. Curr. 

 Linn, Trans, xxiv.,^. 151. Kromh. t.l,f. 7, t. '2d,f. 1-5. 



In woods. 



Pileus 3 in. broad, umber with a greyish tinge, evidently viscid, smooth, 

 with afew patches of the volva adhering, not in the form of warts, but irregu- 

 larly; epidermis tough and clammy, easily peeling off", margin not striate; gills 

 very broad, more than half in., ventricose and adnexed. Stem 3 in. high, 1 in. 

 being buried in the ground, swollen and bulbous at the surface, narrower 

 above and below. Ring deflexed and striate. Spores white, irregularly pear- 

 shaped or balloon shaped, with a short stalk, colourless, about '0005 in. long. 

 -F. Curr. 



13. Agaricus (Amanita) asper. Fr. " Rough Amanita." 



Pileus convex, then plane ; warts minute, crowded, nearly per- 

 sistent ; margin even : flesh compact, brownish beneath the cuticle; 

 stem stuffed, then hollow, attenuated ; ring entire, distant ; gills 

 rounded behind, free. — Fr. Epicr. p. 9. Eng. Fl. v, p. 6. Vitt. 

 Mang. t. -43. Bolt. t. 139. Bull. t. 316. 



In woods. June. — Oct. [Carolina, U.S.] 



In many respects resembling A. ruhescens. Pileus 2-3 in. broad, scarcely 

 umbonate, reddish, with various tints of livid and grey, clothed with small 

 acute warts ; flesh thick, permanent white, except immediately beneath the 

 epidermis ; gills white, broad in front, with sometimes a little tooth behind 

 running down the stem ; stem 2-3 in. high, sometimes 1| in. thick at the 

 base, often less, bulb rather rough, striate above the ring, silky below ; ring 

 broad, striate. Odour strong, taste not unpleasant. — Jf.J.B. Spores '00032 

 X •0002Gin.— ir. 6-'. *S'. 



