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cap, fewer patches on the top, white gills, stem rather 

 smooth and bulbous, the volva or cup deeply buried in 

 the ground, this with its variety verna, which is wholly 

 white, is the most dangerous, because it may also be 

 mistaken for the Agaricus campestris, and there is no 

 known antidote for its poison, while for poisoning by 

 Amanita muscaria, hypodermic injections of atropine 

 have in some cases proved successful. 



The effect of the poison from these is very slow in 

 manifesting itself, sometimes no evil is felt until 16 or 

 20 hours after eating the toadstool, and a very tiny 

 portion may cause serious results. 



Amanita muscaria often grows in grassy places 

 along the road side. The phalloides and verna are 

 more frequently met with in woods. 

 , Amanatopsis vaginata has white spores, white gills, 

 a thin pellicle which is striate at the edges- In the 

 variety "fulva" the color of the cap is buff, in "livida" 

 it is gray. The stem is without a ring or bulb, is long 

 and slender with a scurfy surface, and the base of the 

 stem is enclosed in a volva which wraps it closely. It 

 is an edible species, but as there is a poisonous Amanita 

 which resembles it very closely, but differs from it in 

 having an annulus, which, however, jls wrapped so 

 tightly about the stem as to sometimes escape notice, 

 it is well, therefore, for the Mycophagist to pass this 



by. 



Lepiota naucinoides is a white-gilled, white-spored 

 mushroom, which we found last September for the 

 first time. It was growing on the soil of a garden from 

 which vegetables had been removed. It resembles the 

 field mushroom, and is said to be equal to it in every- 

 way. Its gills turn to a dingy pink when full grown, 

 and it has a ring which is double on its outer edge. 

 Mcllvaine thinks it is possible and probable that it 

 may be cultivated and become a rival to Agaricus 

 campestris. 



Clitocybe infundibiliformis is funnel-shaped, grows 

 in woods in summer and autumn, is pale red tinged 



