Leucosporse 



rich date-brown. Spores globose, 8 IO/A broad Peck; elliptical 10x7 8/* Amanitopsis. 

 Massee. 



Var. liv'ida Pers. livid. Leaden brown, gills dingy. (Plate X, 

 fig. 2, p. 28.) 



Var. futva Schaeff. yellowish. Tawny-yellow or pale ochraceous. 



This plant is widely dispersed, having been reported from many local- 

 ities in the United States, also from Nova Scotia and Greenland. 



On ground in woods and on margins of woods, under trees, in shaded 

 grassy places. Sometimes in open stubble and pastures. June to frost. 

 Mt. Gretna, September, 1899, found a cluster on decayed chestnut 

 stump. Various colors abound hazel, brown, gray, yellow, whitish. 

 The caps and stems are tender as asparagus tips, but without much dis- 

 tinct flavor when cooked. 



Great care must be taken to distinguish these forms from Amanita 

 spreta Pk. which is poisonous. See heading of genus Amanitopsis. 



A. niva'lis Grev. snowy. (Plate X, fig. 3, p. 28.) Pileus at first 

 ovate, then convex or plane, smooth, striate on the thin margin, white, 

 sometimes tinged with yellow or ochraceous on the disk. Flesh white. 

 Gills subdistant, white, free. Stem equal, rather tall, nearly smooth, 

 bulbous, stuffed, white; the volva very fragile, soon breaking tip into 

 fragments or sometimes persisting in the form of a collar-like ring at the 

 upper part of the bulb. Spores globose, 7.5-10^ in diameter. 



Plant 4-6 in. high. PileilS 2-3 in. broad. Stem 2-4 lines thick. 

 July to October. 



It approaches in some respects A. Frostiana, but its larger size, 

 smooth pileus, lighter color and the absence of an annulus will easily 

 distinguish it from that species. Peck, 33d Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Specimens have been repeatedly found by the writer in open oak 

 woods near Philadelphia. 



A strong, unpleasant bitter, which appears to develop while cooking, 

 renders it unpalatable. It is harmless, but its use is not advised. 



A. velo'sa Pk. velosus, fleecy. Pileus at first subglobose, then bell- 

 shaped or nearly plane, generally bearing patches of the remains of the 

 whitish felty or tomentose volva, elsewhere glabrous, becoming sulcate- 

 striate on the margin, buff or orange-buff. Flesh compact, white. 

 Gills close, reaching the stem, subventricose, pale cream color. Stem 



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