GENERA AND SPECIES OF MUSHROOMS 



the margin where it is furrowed or striate; bell-shaped, 

 becoming expanded when old and then the surface may be 

 nearly flat or the center elevated; 3 to 6 inches broad; flesh 

 white or tinged with yellow. 



Gills yellow; free from stem. 



Stem yellow; with a broad yellowish ring hanging like a 

 broad collar from the upper part; is slightly bulbous at the 

 base where it is covered by the large sac-like white volva or 

 cup; hollow or stuffed; 4 to 6 inches long; yi inch or more in 

 thickness. 



Spores white; elliptical; .0003 to .0004 inch long. 



The colors of the plant are generally deeper in large speci- 

 mens. 



The species is not common in America but is described on 

 account of its importance and beauty. 



The fly amanita, (Amanita muscaria) resembles this 

 mushroom in size, shape and color of the cap, but in other 

 respects they are quite distinct. Peck. 



The chief distinctive characters may be contrasted as follows: 



Fly amanita. Cap warty, gills white, stem white or slightly 

 yellowish. 



Orange amanita. Capsmooth, gills yellow, stem yellow. Peck. 



Amanita muscaria; fly amanita; fly agaric; false orange; 

 fly poison. Plate III, Species 5. 



On ground, in woods and open places; June to frost; 

 POISONOUS. 



Cap bright red or orange when young, fading to yellow on 

 the margin when mature; occasionally white throughout; 

 smooth, sometimes with minute furrows or striate on margin; 

 adorned with white or yellowish warts or scales, or smooth 

 if these have been washed off by rain; flesh white or yellowish 

 just imder the skin or peel; 3 to 8 inches broad; slightly viscid 

 when fresh. Murrill. 



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