264 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



Solitary. Pileus 4 in. broad, umber-grey, slightly viscid, 

 smooth, easily rubbed off; epidermis tough and clammy, 

 easily peeling off; margin not striate. Gills obtuse before 

 and behind, but much broader in front, truly free, | in. 

 broad, the margin slightly uneven. Stem 6 in. or more 

 nigh, 1 in. thick, going deep into the earth ; scaly below the 

 ring, scales thick and squarrose ; above the ring the scales 

 are closely adpressed, their interstices finely silky, apex 

 striate, tolerably firm, juicy, of an unchangeable white, 

 distinct from the pileus, though nearly of the same sub- 

 stance ; ring half way down, large, substriate within, ex- 

 ternally downy. Taste pleasant. (Berk.) 



Amanita strobiliformis. Vitt. 



Pileus 5-8 in. across, flesh thick at the disc, thin towards 

 the margin, firm, white, convex then expanded, with a 

 distinct pellicle, margin even, extending slightly beyond 

 the gills, white, greyish, or yellowish-brown, warts large, 

 angular or pyramidal, hard, closely adnate and persistent ; 



fills rounded behind and free, broad, whitish ; stem 5-7 in. 

 mg, up to 1 J in. thick, solid. Floccosely scaly, expanding 

 at the base into a subterranean bulb having 1-2 concentric, 

 acutely marginate rings ; ring superior, large, torn. 



Agaricus (Amanita') strobiliformis, Vittadini, Fung. Mang., 

 t. 9 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 8 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 8, and 277. 



Borders of woods, &c. 



Pileus when young subglobose, bulb of the stem conical 

 below, rooting, its border sometimes incised all round, some- 

 times even, floccose above to the edge of the pileus ; scales 

 of the pileus large, wart-like, with a brown disc and white 

 floccose border, at length falling off. Pileus when expanded 

 8 or 9 in. across, at length quite smooth ; margin extending 

 beyond the gills. Stem 6-7 in. high, l in. thick, firm, 

 solid ; bulb not properly scaly ; veil large ; gills rounded 

 behind, the shorter ones denticulate at the base. Smell and 

 taste at first slight, at length disagreeable. 



This is undoubtedly the species of Vittadini and Bulliard. 

 Too much stress must not be laid upon the incision of 

 the bulb or its scales, for neither character is constant. 

 (B. & Br.) 



