12 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY, [Bull. 



Stem ending- abruptly below the bulb 1 1 



10. Cap covered with large, pyramidal, hard warts; gills 



free from the stem A. strohilifornm 



Cap covered with small, angular, floccose warts ; gills 

 adnexed A. solitaria 



11. Volva not margined, tapering above into stem; cap 



thin A. Candida 



Volva forming a. distinct margin which rolls towards 

 the stem at the edge; cap often tinted with yellow, 

 fieshy A. cothurnata 



12. Plants of a distinct red-brown color A. rubescens 



Plants white or yellow-brown 13 



13. Cap white ; bulb large, abrupt A. abrupta 



Cap not white 14 



14. Cap, volva, ring, and upper part of stem canary-yellow ; 



stem only slightly bulbous A. Havo-ruhescens 



Cap yellow-brown; bulb medium, tapering. . . .A. velatipes 



AMANITOPSIS Roz. 

 Cap covered with thin scales; volva thick, fleshy A. lepidota 

 Cap not scaly i 



1. Cap with warts; volva quickly splitting into thread- 



like fragments A. strangulata 



Cap not warty 2 



2. Cap covered with a mealy substance; volva soon 



disappearing A. farinosa 



Cap smooth ; volva persisteiit 3 



3. Volva short, cup-shaped ; margin of cap only slightly 



striate A. volvata 



Volva long, free from the stem but enclosing it in a 



sheath-like manner 4 



•4. Gills white; cap white or mouse-gray A. vaginata 



Gills dingy; cap leaden-brown A. vaginata var. livida 



LEPIOTA Fr. 



Surface of stem and cap sticky L. iUinita 



Surface of cap and stem dry I 



I. Surface of cap smooth, shiny, white L..naucinoides 



Surface of cap scaly or granular 2 



