MYCOLOGICAL BULLETIN 



No. 42 



A. Kellennan, Pit. D., Ohio State University 



Coliiiiihiis, Ohio, Scftciuber 15, 1905 



(Professor Peck's account of ihc Amanitas, continued.) 

 "Tn other .species the volva is not distinctls' membranous, 1)nt is more 

 floccoF.e or scaly and friable in its character. It envelopes the young plant, 

 but tie distinction between the pileus and bulbous base of the stem is soon 

 manifest, and as the stem tlor.gctcs the upper part of the volva is separated 

 from tl e lower part, and persistently adheres to the surface of the pileus. 



LIBRARY 

 NEW YORK 

 BOTANICAL 



Garden. 



Fig. l;{.j. IIyd'-nitm zd-na'-i um. A species with a tough almost leathery trx- 



turr, having a surface of beautiful brown silky lustre, somewhat zoned and with radiat- 



inR stri.T. The s.iore-bearinK spines are shown in the upper flsurcs; two of them show 



l-O eiialfscid caps thoui?h the stims arc separate. The photo was made from specimens cc.I- 



CD ]( et( d by '.he roadside in the v.oi.ds of tlic State l'"arm, located in the sandstone hills 



CD , f 1-airfield d., Ohio, Aug., 1005. 



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University Dulletrn. Scr'es 9, No. 30. Entered as Second Qass Kittci. Pcst-officc at Columbus. Ohio 



