BRITISH FUNGOLOGY. 



SUPPLEMENT. 



Family I.— HYMENOMYCETES. 



Order 1. AGARICINI. 



Genus 1. AGARICUS, L. 



Series 1. Leucospori. — Spores v)hite. 



Subgenus 1. Amanita (p. 89).— All growing on the ground. 

 Ring manifest, supei-ior. 



* Volva splitting at the top, border f re"., persistent. 



1. A. (Amanita) virosus, Fr.: white; pileus 3-4 in., at 

 first conical and acute, naked, viscous in wet weather, 

 margin even ; flesh white, unchangeable ; stem stuffed, 

 almost solid, base bulbous, springing from a lax, wide, thick 

 volva ; ring apical, splitting into fioccose fragments ; gills 

 free, thin, linear-lanceolate, broader in front, crowded, 

 floccose at the edge. 



In woods, uncommon. Foetid, poisonous. 



2. A. (Amanita) phalloides, Fr. (p. 89); 3-4 in. 

 Epping Forest. 



3. A. (Amanita) vernus, Bull. (p. 89) ; 3-4 in. Epping 

 Forest. 



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