4 Amanita. 



rvernalis, Gillet. P. exp. pale dingy yellow with tinge of red, 

 with Scattered white scales; g. free, white, broadest in front; s. 

 white, squaniulose below the ring, base bulbous, volva ample margin 



fr %te n a, ea Otth 3Pr P g conical, exp. yellow or yellowish ochre edge 

 invol slightly striate, disc papillose, viscid, usually with broad 

 scattered scales ; g. white, crowded ; s. rather narrowed upwards, 

 base bulbous, ring thin, white, volva membranous. 



fttt P^ eus Brownish or grey. 



[porphyria, A. & S. P. brownish or with a violet tinge ; g. 

 adnexed ; s. slender, ring distant brownish ; sp. 8 10. 



recutita, Fr. P. 69 cm. soon expanded, dry, glabrous, frag- 

 ments of volva present as a rule, grey or brownish ; g. forming lines 

 down the stem ; s. narrowed upwards, silky, white, ring distant, 

 white, edge of volva not free ; sp. . 



Differs from A. porphyria in ring not being tinged brown. 

 ' " [cinerea, Bresad. Small. P. conico-campan. edge striate, livid- 

 grey; g. free, crowded, white, edge fimbriate ; s. equal, almost 

 glabrous, partly hollow, colour of p., ring apical, persistent, white ; 

 volva free, sheathing, limb lobed, whitish; sp. 1012 x 8. 



* * Volva without a free loose margin, or almost 

 obsolete. 



f Pileus red, reddish-brown or dingy brown. 



muscaria, Fr. P. 12 18 cm. soon plane, striate, viscid, scarlet 

 or orange with white patches ; gills forming lines down the stem, 

 white; 8. 1014 cm. stout, white, ring lax, volva broken up into 

 concentric ridges ; sp. 8 x 5. Poisonous. 



var. regalis, Fr. Large. P. liver-colour. 



var. formosa, Pers. P. yellow or tawny orange, scales usually 

 absent ; s. elongated, yellowish. 



var. umbrina, Viv. P. umber or livid, disc fuscous ; s. hollow. 

 A slender form. 



rubescens, Fr. P. 812 cm. convex then expanded, dingy red- 

 brown, sprinkled with small pale warts, flesh brownish when broken ; 

 g. whitish, forming lines down the stem ; s. 7 10 cm. stout, narrowed 

 upwards, squaniulose, whitish, ring large, bulbous base concentrically 

 grooved ; sp. 8 x 6. Edible. 



[roseola, Steinh. P. exp. rosy, with rosy mealy warts or naked, 

 flesh rosy; g. crowded, adnexed, white; s. cylindrical, somewhat 

 bulbous, with rufous squamules below ring, volva obsolete ; sp. 8 9 

 x5 6. 



[Eliae, Q. P. reddish- lilac, margin sulcate ; g. adnexed ; s. white, 

 striate, volva obsolete ; sp. 11 long. 



magnifica, Fr. P. 8 12 cm. soon almost plane, striate, reddish- 



