Amanita. 5 



brown or bay, with mealy patches, flesh reddish ; g. slightly decur- 

 rent; s. 10 14 cm. bulbous, nearly equal, scaly and coloured like 

 pileus up to the large ring ; sp. 7 8 x 5. 



Very close to Armillaria. 



megalodactyla, Berk. Strong scented. P. 58 cm. soon ex- 

 panded, subgibbous, reddish-grey ; g. free, becoming tinged red ; 

 s. 8 12 cm. rather bulbous, fibrillose, white, ring large ; sp. 5x3. 



aspera, Fr. P. 68 cm. soon plane, dusky olive, livid, or brown- 

 ish, with small, crowded, angular warts, flesh reddish under the 

 cuticle ; g. free ; s. 5 8 cm. white, squamulose, bulb rugulose, ring 

 entire : sp. 8 x 6. 



var. Francheti, Boud. P. pale yellowish-green with golden warts ; 

 sp. 10 x 8. 



excelsa, Fr. P. 9 12 cm. soon plane, viscid, brownish-grey, 

 warts greyish, soon disappearing; g. free, white; s. 10 12 cm. 

 squamose up to the imperfect ring, and base bulbous, no free edge to 

 volva ; sp. 8 9 x 5 6. Poisonous. 



pantherina, Fr. P. 7 10 cm. soon plane, viscid, striate, yellow- 

 brown, grey, or whitish, with flat mealy warts ; g. free but close to 

 stem, white; s. 10 14 cm. bulbous, whitish, silky, ring distant, 

 extreme edge of volva free, sp. 8x5. 



[valida, Fr. P. dark, with mucronate dark pointed warts ; g. 

 running down stem in lines. 



spissa, Fr. P. 7 10 cm. soon plane, umber or grey with small 

 grey warts, flesh persistently white ; g. running in lines down stem, 

 white; s. 6 8 cm. white, bulbous, slightly rooting, concentrically 

 cracked or squamulose, ring large ; sp. 9 10 x 6. 



ff Pileus clear yellow or orange. 



aureola, Kalchb. P. 7 10 cm. soon plane, orange or golden, 

 viscid, naked ; g. free ; s. 812 cm. slender, white, floccosely-squa- 

 mulose, ring sup. volva marginate ; sp. - . 



citrina, Gon. & Rab. P. convex, obtuse, 8 12 cm. bright yellow 

 with white patches ; g. white, broad, free ; s. 10 12 cm. long, stout, 

 white, volva imperfect, ring large ; sp. globose, warted, 6 7. 



[amici, Gill. P. conical, then obtusely umb., striate, slightly 

 viscid, yellowish ochre, disc brownish and covered with large irreg. 

 greyish persistent patches; g. free, ventricose, narrowed at both 

 ends ; s. hollow, bulbous, ring small inf., no free edge to volva. 



f ~j" f -P*Zetw whitish or greyish. 



nitida, Fr. P. 810 cm. hemispherical, whitish, with thick, 

 angular, brownish warts; g. free, crowded; s. 79 cm. conical, 

 bulbous, squamulose, white, ring torn ; sp. . 



solitaria. Bull. 8 12 cm. soon plane, whitish or tinged rufous, 

 warts angular, small, tloccose, easily removed ; g. white, broad, 

 narrowed behind and adnexed; s. 7 10 cm. with imbricated scales 



