178 Forty-fourth Report on the State Museum 



Amanita pellucidula n. sp. Baltimore Plate 15 



"Pileus at first campanulate, then expanded, slightly- 

 viscid, fleshy in the center, attenuated at the margin, smooth, 

 bright red, deeper at the top, shaded into clear transparent 

 yellow at margin, glossy, flesh white, unchanging ; lamellae 

 ventricose, free, numerous, yellow ; ring descending, fuga- 

 cious; stem stuffed. I have named this plant 'pellucidula' 

 because of its bright color. I could not get the spore measure. 

 It has not appeared since July, 1877. I am now, August 20, 

 1888, under the impression that it is an aborted form or variety 

 of Amanita ccesarea Scop. I have met with several like it, 

 near or in company with more perfect larger forms. The 

 stem is white in most cases, or very pale cream color, always 

 ventricose. Spores the same as those of A. ccesarea." 



The plant flgured differs from the true A. ccesarea in its 

 brilliantly colored pileus with even margin and in the white 

 stem. 



Amanita csesarea Scop. Common Plate 16 



Plate 17 



Plate 18 



" This plant varies greatly in color. Sometimes the pileus 

 is bright scarlet with yellow margin, then burnt sienna color 

 with yellowish margin. It varies also in size. It generally 

 appears in July and continues until the last of August, and 

 even into September. Its taste is not disagreeable. * * * 

 There is not one doubt that this fungus can be eaten with 

 impunity. The taste is mild and pleasant, it has no dis- 

 agreeable odor, and it is plentiful." 



Amanitopsis vag-inata Bull. Druid Hill Park Plate 13 



Plate U 



" For three successive years I found this fungus in Druid 

 Hill Park in one spot, on or about the flfteenth of July. In 

 1878 it was missing there, but appeared plentiful in a distant 

 wood. In 1880 it again made its apperance in Druid Hill 

 Park, on the flfteenth of July, and under the same tree. 

 There was not the slightest variation in the size or color of 

 the plants that appeared under this tree during the first 

 three years, neither in J880." 



Amanitopsis volvata Feck. Baltimore Plate 19 



Lepiota Americana Fech. Druid Hill Park Plate 20 



Carroll county Plate 22 



"This figure is from plants found in Carroll county, Mary- 

 land. They were plentiful in lawns and gardens, and much 

 larger and more perfect than those found in Druid Hill Park. 

 The pileus is not so red, the margin is plicate and the flesh 

 turns red when cut or bruised, but it does not exude a red 

 juice like the others." 



