New species of fungi 



Charles Horton Peck 



Amanita bi vol vata . 



Pileus fleshy, convex or nearly plane, at first viscid, striate on 

 the margin, white, brownish in the center, flesh w^hite ; lamellae 

 close, unequal, free, white ; stem equal, solid, flocculose, annulate, 

 white, the annulus narrow, often disappearing with age, the volva 

 large, thick, soft, spongy, lobed on the outer margin and having 

 an elevated entire inner margin surrounding the stem ; spores sub- 

 globose or broadly elliptic, 10-12// x 8-10 /i. 



Pileus 7-10 cm. broad; stem 13-15 cm. long, 1,6-2.5 cm. 

 thick. 



Under oak trees. Claremont, California. January, C. F. 

 Baker. 



A large fine white species remarkable for its deep white volva 

 of a soft spongy texture and with a double margin surrounding 

 the base of the stem, the exterior margin of two or three lobes, the 

 interior thin and entire. 



Pileus carnosus, convexus subplanusve, primus viscidus, margine 

 striatus, albus, in centro brunnescens, carne alba ; lamellae con- 

 fertae, inaequales, liberae, albae ; stipes aequalis, solidus, floe- 

 culosus, annulatus, albus, annulo angusto in maturitate saepe 

 evanescente, volva magna, crassa, mollis, spongiosa, margine 

 exteriore lobata, interiore Integra ; sporae subglobosae vel ellip- 

 soideae, 10-12 /jlx 8-io/i. 



Pileus 7-10 cm. latus; stipes 13-15 cm. longus, 1.6-2.5 ^"^* 



crassus. 



Amanita calyptratoides 



Pileus fleshy, convex, then nearly plane, striate on the margin, 

 covered in the center by a large irregular adhering fragment of 

 the white universal veil or by small fragments formed by the 

 breaking up of the veil, grayish brown or lead-colored or some- 

 times ochraceous or cream-colored, flesh white, taste mild ; lamellae 

 moderately close, unequal, sinuate, adnexed, white ; stem nearly 

 equal, hollow, striate at the top, white, the slight evanescent 

 annulus soon disappearing or becoming inconspicuous ; spores 



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