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Great care niiist be exercised to distin^uisli species of Amanitopsis 

 from those of Ainaiiitu from which the riii^ has disappeared. 



AMANITOP.SIS VAGINATA. SHEATHED AMANITOPSIS 



(I'ig. 7} 



In this species the cap is thin and fragile, ovate to bell-shaped, sometimes 

 nmbonat(>, gray, mouse colored, or brown, smooth, shininj;. margin striate; 

 the gills are white, broad, free; the stem is slender, fragile, smooth, or mealy, 

 not bulbous; tlie volva is sheathing, white, easily separable from Ihe stem, 

 often remaining in the ground. 



KieiniK 0. — Amanitii .slrobilifuriiiis 



This is a very common and widely distributed species both in America and 

 in Europe and is subject to great variation in size, color, and habitat. It 

 may be found in woods, shaded situations, lawns, and sometimes on decaying 



wood. 



LEPIOTA 



The genus Lepiota may be distinoaiished from Amanita and 

 Amanitopsis by the presence of a rinir and the absence of a volva. 

 The cap is generally scaly or <rianuhir. and the stem is fleshy and 



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