Fungi with Gills 



The Sheathed Amanitopsis (Edible) 



Amanitopsis vaginata (SEE PLATE FACING PAGE 51) 



Cap or Pileus Variable in colour, ranging from white to reddish 

 brown. Thin, fragile, smooth ; or, when young, with a few 

 fragments of the wrapper adhering to its surface. Margin 



distinctly and 

 deeply striated. 

 2-4 inches broad. 



Stem or Stipe Hol- 

 low or stuffed ; 

 smooth, or 

 sprinkled with 

 minute mealy 

 particles or woolly 

 scales. Not bul- 

 bous at the base. 

 3-5 inches long. 



Spores White. 



Ring or Annulus 

 None. 



Wrapper or Volvo. 

 Soft, flabby, 

 white, adhering 

 slightly to the 

 base. 



Gills or Lamella Free 

 from the stem. 

 White or whitish, 

 close, irregular. 



Flesh White, or 

 s ometimes 

 stained under the 

 easily separating 

 skin. 



Section of A. vaginata Time June to Oc- 



tober. 



Habitat In woods or open places, in damp vegetable mould, 

 widely distributed. Specimen pictured was found growing 

 in mountains of New Jersey. 



A. vaginata, var. alba, has the whole plant white. 

 A. vaginata, var. fulva, has the cap tawny yellow. 

 A. vaginata, var. livida, has the cap leaden brown, and gills 

 and stem tinged with smoky brown. 



Vag-fa-a'-ta Ffilv'-i LXv'-l-da 



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