Amanita. 



ABBREVIATIONS USED. 



Cm. = centimetres ; compr. = compressed ; decur. = decurrent ; 

 depr. = depressed ; exp. = expanded ; g. = gills ; hygr. = hygrppha- 

 nous ; infundib. = infundibulirorm ; mm. = millimetres ; p. = pileus ; 

 s. = stem ; sp. = spores ; umb. = umbonate ; umbil. = umbilicate. 



The measurement given of the stem is that of its average length ; 

 that of the pileus, its average breadth when expanded. The measure- 

 ment of the spores is given in micro-millimetres, usually indicated by 

 the Greek letter /*. 



AMANITA, Fries. 



* Margin of volva free, persistent. 



f Pileus red or deep orange. 



[caesarea, Scop. P. hemispherical then exp. orange or red, edge 

 striate, flesh yellowish ; g. yellow ; s. stout, yellow, ring and volva 

 lax ; sp. 810 x 6. Edible. 



f f Pileus white, sometimes tinged yellow or green. 



virosa, Fr. Entirely white. P. 8 11 cm. conical, then ex- 

 panded; viscid when moist; g. free, crowded ; s. 10 12 cm. slightly 

 thinner upwards, squamulose, ring near apex, torn, volva large, lax ; 

 sp. subglobose, 8 10. Poisonous. 



phalloides, Fr. P. 7 10cm. viscid, obtuse, white, tinted yellow 

 or greenish ; g. free, white ; s. 7 10 cm. white, tapering upwards, 

 bulbous, ring large, volva large, margin irreg. free ; sp. subglobose, 

 7 8. Poisonous. 



mappa, Fr. Smell strong. P. 69 cm. convex then expanded, 

 dry, white or yellowish, usually with patches of the volva ; g. adnexed, 

 white ; s. 5 8 cm. white, bulbous, ring torn, volva without a large, 

 free margin ; sp. subglobose, 7 9. Poisonous. 



Differs from A. phalloides in shorter equal stem. 



[ovoidea, Bull. White. P. silky, margin incurved, even ; s. squa- 

 mulose. 



[coccola, Scop. White; margin of p. incurved, sulcate; s. 

 villose ; sp. 1 1 12 x 8. 



[lepiotoides, Barla. At first entirely closed in brown volva. 

 P. exp. edge striate, squamulose, whitish, cuticle broken into greyish 

 tawny areolae or scales ; g. broad, whitish, brownish when bruised ; 

 s. yellowish-white, squamulose, ring thin, fugacious. 



ttt Pileus yellow, sometimes tinged red. 



[junquillea, Q. P. pale orange or lemon yellow, viscid, deeply 

 striate; g. adnexed; s. and fugacious ring yellowish-white, base 

 ovoid-bulbous, volva circumscissile. 



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