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42. Amanita phalloides Fr. 



S.\\\ — Halifax, 1787 (Bolton's Hist. Fung., Tab. 48). Bingley; 

 Nab Wood, Saltaire (Lees' Fl.). Edlington (Doncaster F.F., 

 1891). Huddersfield (F.F., 1895). Notton (Barnsley F.F., 

 1897). Ovenden; Northdean Wood; Luddenden Dean; Stain- 

 land, etc., Hx. Several woods about Hebden Bridge. Coxley 

 Valley. Goitstock. Wharncliffe and Ecclesall, Sheffield. 



N.E. — Scarborough. Mulgrave Woods (F.F., 1894). Staithes 

 (*'Nat.', April, 1898). 



S.E. — Skipwith (Goole S. Soc, 'Nat.', 1878-9). Escrick and 

 Blackwood (Selby F.F., 1896). 



Mid W. — Haddlesey (Lees' Fl.). Stainor and Bishop's 

 Woods (Selby F.F., 1896). Shipley Glen (Lees' Fl.). 



N.W.— Masham. 



Frequent in woods, August to November. Occasionally 

 appearing in spring. Variable in size and colour. Probably 

 the most poisonous of European fungi ; and, along with Amanita 

 inappa and Amanita pant/ierina, causing the majority of deaths 

 due to fungus poisoning. 'It is of a poisonous quality and 

 many have suffered by eating it' (Bolton, p. 48). 

 [Amanita verna Bull. 



S.W. — Bradley Gate and other woods about Huddersfield 

 (Hud. Bot. Soc, 1883). 



This is a form of Amanita phalloides\. 



43. Amanita mappa (Batsch). 



S.W. — Bingley Woods (Lees' Fl.). Sandal Beat (Doncaster 

 F.F., 1891). Huddersfield (F.F., 1895). Hugsett; Birdwell; 

 and Notton (Barnsley F.F., 1897). Goitstock (Fl. Skipt). 

 Hebden Bridge. Northdean Wood: Luddenden Dean, etc., Hx. 



Mid W.— Bramham (Leeds F.F., 1888). 



N.E. — Mulgrave Woods (F.F., 1894). Scarborough. 



S.E.— Blackwood (Selby F.F., 1896). 



On the ground in mixed woods. Frequent. Poisonous; 

 odour strong; colour variable; some of its forms resemble 

 Amajiita phalloides. 



