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grey, easily separating warts, the remains of the friable volva ; Amanita. 

 margin at first even, but when properly developed manifestly 

 striate, even sulcate ; flesh soft, white throughout, unchangeable. 

 Stem 10-15 cent. (4-6 in.) long, 2.5 cent, (i in.) thick, at first 

 stuffed, almost solid, but at length hollow, globoso-depressed at 

 the base, attenuated upwards from the bulb, covered, sometimes 

 as far as the ring, sometimes only on the lower part, with dense, 

 squarrose, concentric scales (from the epidermis of the stem being 

 torn), striate at the apex. Ring superior, large, separating-free or 

 at length torn. Gills quite free, rounded (not decurrent on the 

 stem in the form of lines), very ventricose, 12 mm. (^ in.) and 

 more broad, shining white. 



The bulb -when young is somewhat marginate, but by no means separable, 

 the margin proper like that of A. muscarius is marked with scales, buried in 

 the soil, somewhat rooting, beneath the margin marked here and there with 

 a concentric furrow. The shorter gills intermixed are more numerous than 

 is usual among Amanitce. There is a smaller variety, with the margin more 

 frequently striate, and the stem stuffed then hollow. Paul. t. 159. f. i, 2. 

 Krombh. t. 29. f. 14. 



In woods, chiefly under beech. Frequent. July-Oct. 



Solitary. Taste not unpleasant, but poisonous. Spores 6x 9 mk. W.G.S. 

 Name excelsus, tall. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 8. Hym. Eur. p. 21. Berk. Out. 

 p. 91. /. 3 ./. 3. C. Hbk. n. 8. Illust. PL 7 . S. Mycol. Scot. n. 6. Krombh. 

 t. 29. /. 14-17. Letell. Suppl. t. 40. Am. pantherina Gonn. & Rab. t. i. and 



A. excelsa /. 8.y. i. without warts. Paul. t. 159. (Bolt. t. 47 very bad.) 



7. A. strobiliformis Vitt. Pileus white, becoming cinereous, 

 convex then expanded, pelliculose, the margin, which extends be- 

 yond the gills, even, warts hard, angular, and closely adnate ; flesh 

 compact and white. Stem solid, floccoso-scaly, thickening down- 

 wards into an underground bulb, which is acutely marginate with 

 (i, 2) concentric furrows. Ring torn. Gills rounded-free. 



Grassy borders of woods. Rare. July-Sept. 



Pileus when young subglobose, bulb of the stem conical below, rooting, its 

 border sometimes incised all round, sometimes even, floccose above to the 

 edge of the pileus ; scales of pileus large, wart-like, with a brown disc and 

 white floccose border, at length falling off. Pileus when expanded 8 or 9 inches 

 across, at length quite smooth ; margin extending beyond the gills. Stem 6- 

 7 inches high, \ % inch thick, firm, solid ; bulb not properly scaly ; veil large ; 

 gills rounded behind, the shorter ones denticulate at the base. Smell and taste 

 at first slight, at length disagreeable. Too much stress must not be laid upon 

 the incision of the bulb, or its scales, for neither character is constant. B. & 

 Br. Spores 8 x 14 mk. W. G. S. According to Worthington Smith its 

 esculent qualities are of a high order, but its rarity makes it of little value. 

 Name strobilus, a pine-cone. From the supposed similarity of the warts to 

 the scales of a pine-cone. Vittad. Fung, matig. t. 9. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 21. 



B. 6* Br. n. 662. Berk. Out. p. 90. t. $.f. 2, very young. C. Hbk. n. 10. 

 Illust. PI. 8. 5. Mycol. Scot. n. 7. Ventur. t. 4. A. solitarius Bull. t. 

 593. Paul. Champ, t. 162. Soc. Mcd. t. i6./. 2. 



