REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 1901 961 



Cornwall and West Point. In his List of North American 

 Pteridopbytes, Mr B. D. Gilbert, to whom specimens were sent, 

 has recognized this variety and published a description of it 

 under the name here given. This variety is represented on the 

 sheet placed in the herbarium by Dr Torrey to illustrate the 

 species, but no locality is recorded for it. The broader or com- 

 mon form is represented by specimens from Rensselaer and 

 Warren counties. 



Amanita phalloides striatula n. var. 



Pileus thin, nearly plane, slightly striate on the margin, white; 

 stem long, slender, slightly sheathed at the base by the remains 

 of the ruptured volva. Bolton. August. 



This amanita departs so distinctly from the character of A. 

 phalloides in having the margin somewhat striate, that it 

 would seem at first thought best to separate it as a distinct 

 species, but that is such a variable species and this is so closely 

 .allied, differing only in the striate margin from small forms of 

 A. phalloides verna, it seems best to regard it as a 

 mere variety. The pileus is 1-2 inches broad and the stem 3-5 

 inches long and 2-3 lines thick, with a small bulb at the base. 

 The annulus is well developed and the spores are globose and of 

 -the same size as in the typical form of the species. 



Amanita muscaria f ormosa (G. & R.) Fr. 



If we regard the beautiful amanita as a mere variety of the 

 •fly amanita it may be said to be the prevailing representative 

 of the species in the eastern and northern parts of the state. It 

 was very abundant the past season about Lake George. Its 

 pileus is generally pale yellow or citrine color and its warts are 

 tilso pale and easily removable. Sometimes specimens occur 

 which are red or orange in the center of the pileus. It is 

 apparently less poisonous than the true fly amanita, or else 

 some persons are not easily affected by it. An instance was 

 recently reported to me in which one person by mistake cooked 

 and ate two caps of it without experiencing any ill results. 

 This is the third person who has made a similar report to me. 



