PLANTS OF NORTH ELBA igi 



HYMENOMYCETEAE 

 AGARICACEAE 



LEUCOSPORAE 



Amanita phalloides Fr. 



Poison Amanita 



Woods and bushy places. Common. July to September. Three 

 forms occur. In one the pileus is brown or smoky brown ; in another it 

 is grayish with the center blackish or blackish brown ; in the third it is 

 white, yellowish white or pale greenish yellow. This is the prevailing 

 form in thin woods or on the borders of woods or in bushy places. The 

 darker colored forms occur more often in denser woods. The species is 

 a poisonous one and probably the most dangerous one we have. It is 

 attractive in appearance and the pale forms are too often mistaken by 

 the unwary and careless for the common mushroom. The penalty for 

 such mistakes may be and often is death. The persistently white lamel- 

 lae and the swollen or bulbous base of the stem are characters which 

 should enable any one to distinguish it at a glance from the common 

 mushroom. 



Amanita muscaria L. 



Fly AMANITA 



Woods and their borders, occasionally in open places. Common. 



July to October. A beautiful species, attractive by its red orange and 



yellow colors and by the adornment of its pileus with soft pale warts, 



but it is poisonous if eaten. Flies that sip the viscid juice of the pileus are 



soon killed by it. This fact is suggestive of the specific and common 



name. 



A. muscaria formosa {G. Ssf R?) Sacc. 



In this variety the pileus is wholly pale yellow. A form intermediate 

 between this and the type has the center of the pileus tinted with orange 

 or red. 



Amanita Frostiana Fk. 



Frost's Amanita 



Moist woods and thickets. A smaller plant than the preceding, but 

 closely resembling it. It may be distinguished by its yellow stem and 

 annulus and by the bulb of the stem which is usually definitely margined 

 above. Not rare. 



