SOIME COMMOX MrsiIItOOMS AND IU)\V TO KXO\V THEM 15 



AKMII.I.AKIA VKNTIUC'OSA 

 (Fig. 13 > 



In this specips the cap is fleshy, foiivpx or nearly plane, smooth, shining 

 white, niiirsjin thin and involute: the flesh is whitish; the ^'ills are narrow mid 

 cli'se. deeiirrent. sometimes dentiite or deiitirnlate on tlie rdire. whilisli; the 



Figure 13. — Armillaria ventricosa : A, Young specimen; B, mature specimen 



stem is thick and short, ventricose, abruptly pointed at the base; the ring Is 

 conspicuous, lacerute<l, and nuMubranaeeous. 



The cap is 4 to 7 inches broad; the stem is 2 to 3 inches long, ventricose por^ 

 tion 1 to 2 inches broad. 



This is a coarse, conspicuous fungus. It is not reported as widely distributed. 



