10 AGARICUS. 



Amanita. thick, stuffed with a somewhat distinct pith, at length hollow, 

 equal, or slightly attenuated upwards, and without any traces of a 

 bulb or veil at the base, becoming red-whitish, squamulose below, 

 concentrically cracked upwards when dry. Ring superior, sep- 

 arating. Gills adnate, but ventricose, 4-6 mm. (2-3 lin.) broad 

 with a decurrent tooth. 



Much allied to A. rubescens in habit but differing in the definitely hollow 

 somewhat equal stem, in the rigid cuticle, in the pileus being thinner and 

 manifestly striate at the margin, in the flesh turning tawny, in the adnate 

 gills, and in the universal veil being thin and fugacious. 



In Scotch fir wood. Rare. Glamis, 1876. July-Sept. 



My specimens had a bulbous base, and agreed exactly with Fl. Dan. t. 

 2148. /. i, which is referred by Fries to this species. The cuticle is much 

 paler than in A. rubescens, and tinged over with tawny-red. Name magnifi- 

 cus, splendid. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 13. Hym. Eur. p. 25. B. &" Br. n. 

 1631. S. My col. Scot. n. n. Fl. Dan. t. 2146. b. Ag. adnatus Schum. 

 FL Dan. t. 2148. / i. 



13. A. megalodactylus Berk. & Br. Pileus 9 cent. (3% in.) 

 broad, reddish-grey, convex, soft, smooth ; cuticle entire, margin 

 even. Stem 12.5 cent. (5 in.) long, solid, somewhat bulbous, 

 fibrillose. Ring very large, placed near the top of the stem. 

 Gills free, moderately broad, pallid, at length tinged with red. 



Strong-scented. Allied to A. lenticularis, but the solid stem is not squam- 

 ulose, and the gills do not assume an olive tint. 



In woods. Wothorpe, Stamford. 



Name fyas, great, Sd/ervAos, a finger. Tall-stemmed. Berk. Out. p. 91. 

 C. Hbk. n. 14. Illust. PL n. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 25. 



14. A. lenticularis Lasch. Pileus 7.5-10 (3-4 in.) broad, 

 flesh tan colour, fleshy, globose when young, then carnpanulato- 



convex, even, smooth, moist ; flesh soft, spongy, white, with a 

 mouldy odour. Stem elongated, 10-15 cen t. (4-6 in.) long, 

 slightly bulbous at the base or wholly equal, solid, but very 

 spongy-soft, more or less sqiiamulose, sometimes almost smooth. 

 Ring superior, but distant from the pileus, even, large. Gills 

 wholly free, approximate, ventricose, broader in front, very crow r d- 

 ed, whitish, sometimes inclining to olivaceous. 



The pileus varies, yellowish and becoming pale, In very -wet weather there 

 are dark-green watery drops on and above the ring, which when dried com- 

 monly leave dingy spots. 



In mixed plantations. Coed Coch. Oct. 



Remarkable for the great development of the ring, and the smooth pinkish- 

 tan pileus. B. fir" Br. Name lenticula, a lentil. Lasch. Linn. iii. n. 18. 

 Fr. Monogr. i. p. 15. Hym. Eur. p. 26. Icon. t. 13. B. & Br. n. 1104. 

 C. Hbk. n. 15. Pricef. 88. A. (Lep.) lenticularis C. Illust. PL 17. 



