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9. Agaricus (Amanita) panthexinus. D.C. "Spotted 



Amanita." 



Pileus convex, fhen expanded, margin striate, flesli under fhe 

 viscid pellicle white ; stem stuffed, then hollow, nearly smooth ; 

 volva at the base ocreate, with the margin entire, obtuse, and free ; 

 gills attenuated, free. — Fr. Epicr.p. 5. Eng. Fl. v. p. 4. Fl. Dan. 

 «. 1911,/.2. Vitt.Mang.t.Sd. Vent. t. 3. Kromb. t. 29. f. 10-13, 

 Paul 1. 160,/. 2. Schrpf. t. 90. Barla. t. 7,/. 1-3. Foques. t. 21 J. 

 2-3. Gonn. 4' Rahh. i.t.l. 



In woods or pastures near trees. [Pennsylvania.] 



Brownisli, not red orreddish brown, as in A. mvsca/rius. Pileas, 4 in. broad, 

 with flat, mealy warts, which rub off with difl&culty, glutinous when moist ; 

 when dry, soft to the touch like kid leather. Stem 5 in. high, half an inch 

 thick, stuflFed; then more or less hollow, silky, and even, or torn into reflexed 

 scales; ring deflesed; volva quite smooth, connate, the extreme margin 

 only free all round. — M.J.B. Not poisonous. Spores, -0003 X '00019 in.— 

 W. G. S. 



10. Agaricus ^Amanita) strobiliformis. Fr. " Fir-cone 



Amanita." 



Pileus convex, then expanded, with persistent warts ; margin 

 even ; flesh compact, white ; stem solid, floccoso-squamose, bul- 

 bous, base subterraneous ; volva with the margin acute, concen- 

 tric ; ring torn; gills rounded behind, and free. — Epicr.p. b. Vitt. 

 Mang. t. 9. Vent. t. 4. Paul. t. 162. Bull. t. 593. Berk. Outl. t. 3, 

 /. 2. Srnith E. M.f. 10. Gonn. 4- Rahh. i. 1. 1 J. 3. Ann. N.H. no. 

 662. 



Borders of woods. Rare. Esculent. 



Pileus when young subglobose, bulb of the stem conical below, rooting, its 

 border sometimes incised all round, sometimes even, floccose above to the edge 

 of the pileus ; scales of pileus large, wart-like, with a brown disc, and wLite 

 floccose border, persistent, angular. Pileus. when expanded, 8-9 in. across, at 

 length quite smooth, margin extending beyond the gills, white cinereous, &c. 

 Stem 6-7 in. high, IJin. thick, firm, solid, bulb not properly scaly, veil large j 

 gills rounded behind, the shorter ones denticulate at the base. Odour and 

 taste pleasant. — M. ./. B. — " It attains a very large size in well-grown speci- 

 mens. The persistent patches on the top are not unlike the scales of a fir- 

 cone, hence its specific name: the gills do not reach the stem. Average size 

 of spores, -00054 X '00035 in."— ir. G.S. 



Sect. 4. Validce — volva thin and friable. 

 11. Agaricus (Amanita) rubescens. P. "Reddish Amanita." 



Pileus convex, then expanded ; warts unequal, mealy, scattered ; 

 flesh becoming reddish ; stem stuffed, attenuated upwards, squam- 

 ulose ; ring entire ; gills attenuated, reaching the stem and form- 



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