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Amanita muscaria, L. A large, showy fungus, the cap when 
expanded often as large as a dinner-plate, brilliant crimson with 
white spots. Very poisonous. ‘ 
. rubescens, Pers. Edible, flavour mild; the flesh of cap and 
stem turns red when broken. Care must be ‘taken not to confound 
this species with Amanita pantherina, which is poisonous. À., 
A. pantherina, DC. Under trees. Poisonous. The flesh remains 
perfectly white when broken. £ 
A. spissa, Fries. Under beeches. A. 
A. nitida, Fries. Under beeches. Poisonous, A. 
Amanitopsis, Karsten. 
A. vaginata, Karsten. Edible, me ber delicate. Colour of 
cap variable, grey, buff, orange, or whit 4Q 
A. strangulata, Fries. Among grass under trees. Q. 
xi Fries. 
L. procera, Scop. Edible. Popularly known as the parasol 
mushro oom, on k: count of its shape. Sometimes very large, a 
specimen from the Aboretum had a stem 16 inches long and 
pileus 11 inches ulta Aa Ma 
L. — Vitt. Edible; similar in flavour and appearance 
to L. procera. Q. 
Var. puellaris, Fries. A. 
L. excoriata, Schaeff. Edible. B. 
L. leucothites, Vitt. Edible. B. 
L.gracilenta, Kromb. Under beeches. A. 
L. mastoidea, Fries. Among grass. A. 
L. Friesii o Lasch. Under trees. Q. 
L. acutesquamosa, Wein. Under yews. Q. 
L. Badhami, Berk. & Broome. Under Sequoia sempervirens.. A. 
L. emplastra, Cke. & Mass. Under Cedrus Libani. This 
paer was founded on —— in the gardens and is 
- described A td xviii. 51) gure is given in Jllustr. Brit. 
Fungi, pl. 1164. 
L. ees Bull. A. 
L. cristata, Fries. A. 
L. cepaestipes, Sow. On soil in conservatory. 
Var. cretaceus, Bull. In a stove. 
