AGAEICrN"!. 7 



. Sect. 2. Phalloidece — Tolva free and lax. 



4. Agaxicus (Amanita) vernus. Bull. " Spring Amanita," 



Pileus at first ovate, then expanded, rather depressed, viscid, 

 white ; margin naked, smooth ; stem stuffed, equal, tloccose, base 

 bulbous ; volva closely embracing the stem with its free margin ; 

 ring reflexed ; gills free. — Bull. t. 108. Vitt. Mang. t. 44, Paul. 

 1. 156,/ 3-4. Smith P. M.f. 8. Price f. 3. Gard. Ghron. ("1861), 

 p. 4S0, Jig. 



In woods. Early summer. Poisonous. 



Altogether white. Distinguished from white forms oi A. lyhalloldes by its 

 closer sheathing volva, and more ovate pileus when young, and from the 

 white forms of A. caginatm by the presence of a ring. 



5. Agaricus (Amanita) phalloides. Fr. " Stinking 



Amanita." 



Pileus campanulate, then expanded, obtuse, viscid ; margin even, 

 regular ; stem hollow above, attenuated ; volva bulbous, free 

 above, loose ; ring membranaceous ; gills rounded, ventricose. — 

 Sys. Myc. \. p. 13. Epicr. p. 4. Vaill. t. 14,/. 5. Paul. t. 155, 

 156,/ 1-2. Berh. Outl. pi. ^,f.\. (right figure.) Smith. P. M.f. 

 7. Eng. Fl. v. p. 1. Krovih. t. 28,/ 1-10. Corda Sturm t. 55. 

 Price f. 28. Barla, t. 4. Gonn. ^- Puihh. i. t. 10,/ 1. Vent. t. 40. 

 A. bulbosus, Bull. t. 2. A. vernalis, Bolt. t. 48. A. verrucosus, 

 Fl.Lond.t.S12;f.4:-6. 



Woods, and their borders. Aug. — Nov. Conmion. 



[Pennsylvania.] 



Pileus 2-3 in. broad, irregularly scaly from the fragments of the volva ad- 

 hering to the surface, variously coloured, white, straw-coloured, brownish, 

 greenish, &c. Stem 3-4 in. high, ^in. thick, fibrillose, attenuated upwards, 

 bulbous below. Volva adnate at the base, with the margin free, more or less 

 expanded. Odour powerful, and foetid, especially as it decays. Considered 

 poisonous. Spores spherical *0003 in. — W- G. S. 



6. Agaxicus (Amanita) mappa. Batsch. " Delicate Amanita." 



Pileus convex, then plane, without separable cuticle, margin 

 nearly even ; flesh white ; stem stuffed, then hollow, cylindrical, 

 nearly smooth, bulbous, nearly globose at the base ; volva with its 

 free margin acute and narrow ; ring membranaceous ; gills ad- 

 nexed. — Fr. Epicr. p. 6. Gonn. ^- Rahh. \.t.ll,f.l. Paul. t. 158, 

 /.1-2. Vitt. iMang.t. 11. Eromb. t.l,f. 6,t.28,f.ll-12. Aim. 

 N.H. no. 138. Price/. 66. Vent. 40,/ 1-2. A. bulbosus, Bull. t. 

 677, F.D.G.H.M. A. venenosa, Pers. Com. t. 2. Schcejf. t. 241. 

 Sow. t. 286 (left figure.) Curtis t. 312 (right figure.) 



