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As tliis expands its co\eriiig or calyptra lireaks up into superficial scales or 

 warts. These are often angular or pyramidal in form, and sometimes 

 unlike the pileus in color, and afford a beautiful ornamentation. The 

 part that remains at the base of the stem often breaks up into mealy or 

 floccose scales, and sometimes wholly disappears when the plant matures. 

 Generally a smooth pileus indicates a perfect membranous volva, and a 

 warty one an imperfect fioccc^se or evenescent one. Sometimes, especially 

 after b.eavy rains, specimens, which normally ha\e the pileus warty, are 

 found with a smooth pileus; but these are only occasional, and probably 

 mostly accidental cases, the warts havmg been washed off by the rain. 



"Most of the .species are solitary or gregarious and of moderate or 

 large size. The pileus, when fully expanded, is nearly plane and quite reg- 

 ular, so that these Agarics are among the most noble and attractive in their 

 appearance. Many of them have a thin pellicle or cuticle, which, in the 

 young or moist plant, is slightly viscid. 



"The lamellae in nearly all the species are white or whitish, and free 

 from the stem. Usually they are narrow toward the stem, and cease ju.st 

 before reaching it. thus leaving a small free .space around its apex. Tn 

 many species the short ones that intervene between the long ones are ab- 

 ruptly terminated at their inner extremity, as if truncated or cut square off. 



"The slen^ is usually long and well formed, and in most species is 

 mo'e or less thickened or buibous at the base. In some species it is hol- 

 low or stuffed with cottony fibrils; in others it is solid. In the greater 

 number of species it is furnished with a membranous ring or annulus, that 

 surrounds it near the top like a flabby collar. In the young plant this is 

 stretched from the stem to the margin of the pileus, and wholly conceals 

 the lamellae. As the pileus expands the annulus breaks loose from its 

 att:M-hment to tlie margin, and remains adhering to the stem. In some 

 s])ecies tliis rupture is not always clean and even, small portions remaining 

 attached lo the margin. The aniudus then has a lacerated or torn ap- 

 jK'arance." 



Portraits of Amanita. — In the Blt.i.etin we have given heretofore 

 the following species: — Amanita strobiliformis (from Atkinson) p. .'ifi; 

 and A. rubescens. Here we give .Amanita verna and A. solitaria. Pro- 

 fessor Atkinson ligures, in Mushrooms lulible and Poisonous, .\m;uiit;i 

 muscaria. .X. i)halloidev, .\. vcrua. .'\. floccocephala. .A. volulii)es. .\. 

 cothurnata, A. spreta, A caesarea (cnlored), .\. rubsceus (colored) 

 Mcllvaine gives in his l)ook on niusiircoins One Tbous.'ind American 

 Fungi, colored plates of .Amrniita spreta, A. phalloides, A. muscaria, 

 A. frostiana, A. chlonsMni.-i, .\ rubescens, A. strobiliformis, and a half-tone 

 of A. muscaria. In Nina L. Marshal's Mushroom Hook there arc given 

 half-tones of .Amanita pliallo'des and A. muscaria. Professor Peck's Re- 

 ports contain colored i)la1es of some species, as .Aiuanila caes.nrea, A. 

 rubscens, A. phalloides. A. xerna. .A. muscaria. 



TiMF. FOR THF, Bo-i.k'-ti. — .At au e;irl.\ opportune time we must say 

 something in extenso for the numerous species of lioi.KTis. This is the 

 season to study them in the field. Photogra|)lis are desired, -but the 

 si)ecimens should be identil'ied b\ such authorities ;is IVck, Morgan, .Atkin- 

 son. f)r Beardslee. 



