THE WHITE-SPORED AGARICS 33 



Amanita radicata. Pk. 



Radicata means furnished with a root. The root of the specimen in Figure 

 20 was broken off in getting it out of the ground. 



The pileus is subglobose, becoming convex, dry, verrucose, white, margin 

 even, flesh firm, white, odor resembling that of chloride of lime. 



The gills are close, free, white. 



The stem is solid, deeply radicating, swoolen at the base or bulbous, 

 "floccose or mealy at the top, white; veil thin, floccose, or mealy, white, soon 

 lacerated and attached in fragments to the margin of the pileus or evanescent. 

 The spores are broadly elliptic, 7.5-10/1, long, 6-7//, broad. Peck. 



This is quite a large and beautiful plant, very closely related to Amanita 

 strobiliformis, but readily distinguished from it because of its white color, its 

 clearly radiating stem, and small spores. The stem shows to be bulbous and the 

 cap covered with warts. I found the plant frequently in Poke Hollow and on 

 Ralston's Run. July and August. 



Amanita strobiliformis. Fr. 

 The Fir-cone; Amanita. 



Strobiliformis means fir-cone form; so called from the similarity of its 

 undeveloped form to that of the strobile of the pine. 



The pileus is six to eight inches broad, when young, subglobose, then convex, 

 expanded, nearly plane, with persistent warts, white, ash-color, sometimes yellow 

 on the cap, the margin even and extending beyond the gills ; warts hard, angular, 

 pointed, white ; flesh white, compact. 



The gills are free, crowded, rounded, white, becoming yellow. 



The stem is five to eight inches long, frequently longer, tapering upward, 

 floccosely scaly, bulbous, rooting beyond the bulb; ring large, torn; volva forming 

 concentric rings. The spores are 13-14x8-9//.. 



This is one of the most stately plants in the woods. It is said to be edible, but 

 the strong pungent cdoi, like chloride of lime, has deterred me from eating it. 

 This, however, is said to disappear in cooking. It grows to be very large 

 Dr. Kellerman and I found a specimen in Haynes's Hollow whose stem measured 

 over eleven inches, and cap nine inches. It is found in open woods and wood, 

 margins. Great caution should be used before the plant is eaten to know it 

 beyond doubt. Found July to October. 



