BEPOBT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 235 



Variety rltfescens {Per>s.) 

 Fig. 7 A plant whose cap is somewhat wavy on the margin. 

 " 8 A plant whose cap is more regular. 



'■' 9 "Vertical section of the cap and upper part of the stem of a plant. 

 " 10 Four spores, X 400. 



PLATE 39. 

 Clavaria flava Sclurff. 



Pale-yellow Clavaria. 

 Fig. 1 A young plant. 

 " 2 A full-grown plant. 



" 3 One of the principal branches with its branchlets. 

 " 4 Four spores, X 400, 



Clavaria botrytes Pers. 



Red-tipped Clavaria. 

 Fig. 5 A young plant. 

 " 6 A full-grown plant. 

 " 7 Four spores, X 400. 



Clavaria cristata Pers 

 Crested Clavaria. 



Figs. 8 and 9 Plants with few branches. 



" 10 A plant with many branches and a dingy whitish color. 



" 11 A mature plant in which the tips of the branches have assumed a 



brown color. 

 " 12 Four spores, X 400. 



PLATE 40. 



Amanita phalloides Fr. 

 Poison . ! manita. 

 Fig. 1 A young plant with the cap slightly expanded, and of a grayish-brown 

 color. 

 " 2 A mature plant with the grayish-brown cap fully expanded and black- 

 ish-brown in tlie center. 

 " 3 A very young plant just bursting from its wrapper, two fragments of 



which still adhere to the cap. 

 " 4 A plant with its blackish-brown cap partly expanded. 

 " .5 A mature plant with its blackish-brown cap fully expanded. 

 " 6 Vertical section through the center of an immature plant. 

 " 7 Vertical section of the cap and upper part of the stem of a mature 



plant. 

 " 8 Four spores, X 400. 



PLATE 41. 



Amanita phalloides Fr. 

 Poison Amanita. 

 Fig. 1 A plant with its whitish cap partly expanded. 

 " 2 A plant with its whitish cap fully expanded. 

 " 3 Vertical section through the center of a mature plant. 



