AMANITA. 265 



Amanita solitaria. Bull. 



Pileus 3-5 in. across, flesh rather thin, persistently white, 

 compact ; convex then almost plane, with a distinct pellicle, 

 margin almost even, whitish or with a rufous tinge, with 

 rather small, scattered, floccose, angular warts that are easily 

 removed ; stem solid, equal, 3-4 in. long, 1 in. thick, clothed 

 with imbricated scales below, coloured like the pileus, bulb 

 campanulate, rooting, marginate ; ring superior, torn ; gills 

 narrow behind and adnexed, broad, white. 



Agaricus solitarius, Bulliard, Champ. Fr., t. 48 ; Cke., 

 Hclbk., p. 361 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 939. 



On the ground, in damp places. 



Distinguished by the scaly stem and rooting base of the stem. 



*** Volva entirely friable. 



Amanita rubescens. Fr. 



Pileus 3-5 in. across, flesh thick, white, becoming dingy 

 red when broken ; convex then expanded, dingy flesh-colour, 

 reddish-brown, or tan-colour, sprinkled with small, adnate 

 warts ; gills narrowed behind and touching the stem, down 

 which they pass as decurrent lines, whitish; stem about 

 3 in. long, 1 in. thick at the base, conically attenuated 

 upwards, stuffed, more or less scaly, whitish then stained 

 with red, flesh turning red with age or when broken ; ring 

 superior, large, entire, drooping; volva nearly obliterated, 

 bulbous base of stem more or less concentrically grooved ; 

 spores elliptical, 8 x 6 /x. 



Agaricus (Amanita) rubescens, Fries, Syst. Myc., i. p. 18 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 8; Cke., Illustr., pi. 9 and 1163. 



In woods, &c. 



Very variable, but readily distinguished from every other 

 species by the flesh becoming red when broken. Stem and 

 pileus usually becoming red when bruised. In very rainy 

 weather the warfs of the pileus are often washed off. 

 A form with a short, subequal stem, and smaller, crowded, 

 firmly adhering warts, requires to be carefully distinguished 

 from A. aspera. (Fries.) 



Pileus convex, reddish, unequally warty, warts flat ; 

 smooth and even on the margin ; in old specimens there is 

 sometimes an appearance of striae on the margin in con- 

 sequence of its becoming transparent, slightly viscid, flesh 



