104 AM ANITA 



244. A. rubescens (Pers.) Fr. (= Amanita rubens (Scop.) Quel.) 

 Rolland, Champ, t. 9, no. 13. Rubescens, becoming red. 



P. 8-12 cm., reddish brown, or dingy reddish brown, sometimes pale, 

 covered with large, grey (sometimes white, or yellowish) mealy patches 

 of the volva, fleshy, convex then plane, obtuse, moist; margin slightly 

 striate when old. St. 7-12 x 3-4 cm., reddish white, deeper in colour 

 at the bulbous base, squamulose, attenuated upwards. Ring white, 

 superior, large, membranaceous, soft, striate. Volva evanescent. Gills 

 white, then spotted with red, decurrent by a tooth, attenuated behind, 

 thin, crowded, soft. Flesh white, becoming reddish when broken. The 

 whole plant becomes reddish with injury, or handling. Spores white, 

 ovoid, or elliptical, 8-10 x 7/*, 1-2-guttulate. Taste sweet, then acrid. 

 Edible. Woods, heaths, pastures, etc. Common, (v.v.) 



var. magnifica (Fl. Dan.) Rea. Cke. Illus. no. 14, t. 34, as Amanita 

 magnifica Fr. Magnifica, splendid. 



Differs from the type in the smooth pileus, equal stem, and fugacious 

 ring. Woods. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



var. alba W. G. Smith. Alba, white 



Differs from the type in being entirely white. Woods. Rare. 



var. annulo-sulphurea Gillet. 



Annulus, a ring; sulphurea, sulphur-yellow. 



Differs from the type in having a persistent, sulphur coloured ring. 

 Woods, and heaths. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



var. gracilis Cat. de S. et L. Gracilis, thin. 



Differs from the type in being thinner, and smaller in all its parts. 

 Heaths. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



245. A. nitida Fr. Nitida, shining. 

 P. 6-10 cm., white, or yellowish, shining, covered with large, angular, 



thick fragments of the volva, which become fuscous, convex, then plane, 

 fleshy. St. 6-7 x 1-2-5 cm., white, firm, slightly attenuated upwards, 

 squamulose below the ring, base bulbous. Ring white, superior, thin, 

 torn, slightly striate, villous outside, at length fugacious. Volva 

 whitish, becoming fuscous, evanescent. Gills white, free, crowded, very 

 broad, 8-12 mm., ventricose. Flesh white. Spores white, elliptical, 

 6-9 x 4-5/Lt. Taste sweet, or slightly acrid. Poisonous. Deciduous 

 woods. Aug. Sept. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



246. A. aspera (Fr.) Qu61. Asper, rough. 

 P. 5-8 cm., straw colour, grey, olive, or bistre, covered with small, 



pointed, floccose, sulphur coloured, persistent fragments of the volva, 



