HYMENOMYCETES. 



Fam. I. AGARICINI. Fries. 



Genus 1. AGARICUS. 

 Seeies I. Leucospori. 



Sub-genus AMANITA. 

 § a. JRing conspicuous. 



1 A. MUSCARius. L. 4 — 7. 3 — 5. ^ — %. 



Pileus vermilion or orange red, dotted with white conical 

 warts, margin striate ; ring not striate. The most beautiful 

 of all the British Agarics. "Highly narcotic, producing in 

 small doses intoxication and delirium, for which purpose it is 

 used in Kamschatka, and in larger, death.'' Wood near 

 Woolton, Oct., 1856. Knowsley Park, near the Longborough 

 Lodge, Oct., 1857. 



2 A. PANXHERiNus. Dec. 6. 4. ^. 



More slender and less highly coloured than the preceding 

 species ; warts flat ; volva loose. Three or four specimens 

 occurred under beech trees, Eainhill ; the warts had nearly 

 disappeared, and the pileus had a flea-bitten appearance, 

 yellowish and red, which may have suggested the name. 



3 A. Mappa. Willd. 3—4. 2— 2^. ^. 



Pileus convex, at first warty, margin smooth, pure white or 

 lemon-coloured. Bold wood ; abundant in Eastham wood. In 

 both these localities the plant has its volva forming " a mere 

 rim fringing the bulb." A. phalloides. E.F. syn. 



4 A. RUBESCENS. Pers. 3 — 5. 3 — 5. | — \\. 



Pileus reddish grey; warts unequal; ring striate. The flesh 

 when broken changes after a while to a reddish hue. Stem 

 scaly. Whole plant stout and fleshy. Spores broadly elliptic, 

 or oblong, '0005. Woods and under trees ; generally distributed . 



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