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t. 18, is a pure- white variety, with an expanded volva, and is 

 by no means confined to mountain pastures. 



12. A. (Amanita) Ceciliae, Berk, and Br. ; pileus at first 

 ovate, then campanulate, clothed with scattered subpersistent 

 warts ) margin grooved ; stem stuffed, silky above, squamulose 

 below ; volva soon breaking up. (Plate 3, fig. 5.) 



In woods. Mouse-grey. Distinguished by its less perfect 

 volva and stuffed stem, which does not simply contain a few 

 cottony fibres, as that of A. vaginatus. 



Subgenus 2. Lepiota. — Veil universal, concrete with the cuticle 

 of the pileus. Hymenophorum distinct from tlie stem. 



* Ctiticle dry. 

 a. Hinrj moveable. 



13. A. (Lepiota) procerus, Scop.; pileus fleshy, at first 

 ovate, then expanded and umbonate; cuticle thick, torn up 

 into scales; stem tall, hollow, bulbous, variegated with close- 

 pressed scales; ring moveable ; gills very remote. — Vitt. t. 24. 

 Huss. i. t. 88. 



Pastures. Often several inches across. Esculent. Sold 

 in Covent Garden market. 



14. A. (Lepiota) raehodes, Vitt. ; pileus fleshy, at first 

 globose, then expanded and depressed ; cuticle thin, broken 

 up into persistent scales ; stem hollow, not spotted ; bulb at 

 first abrupt, ring moveable ; gills remote. (Plate 3, fig. 6.) — 

 Huss. ii. /. 38. 



In shady pastures. Mesh mostly red when bruised ; not so 

 good for food as the last, if really wholesome. Intermediate 

 forms occur, which it is difficult to refer to either species. 



15. A. (Lepiota) excoriatus, ScJueff. ; pileus fleshy, ob- 

 scurely umbonate; cuticle thin, breaking up into patches; 

 stem shorty hollow, cylindrical, even, nearly white, slightly 



