108 MUSHROOMS. 



White. 



white. Stem 4 to 6 inches long, wholly 

 stuffed., almost solid, split up into lengthwise 

 fibrils, cylindrical from a bulbous base, surface 

 torn into scales, springing from a loose, thick, 

 wide volva which bursts open at apex. Ring 

 large, loose, silky, splitting into pieces. Gills 

 fi-ee, thin, a little broader toward margin, 

 crowded, not decurrent, though the stem is 

 sometimes striate. This is a poisonous species, 

 but striking in appearance from the shining 

 white of the whole fungus. Found in the 

 woods in August. 



AMANITA PHALLOIDES = appearance, phallus-like. 

 The Death Cup. 



This species is considered the most deadly 

 of all the poisonous mushrooms, and yet it is 

 one of the most beautiful. We place it in the 

 section of white-colored mushrooms, though 

 the cap is sometimes tinged with light yellow 

 and delicate green. Cap 2 to 4 inches broad, 

 ovate, campanulate, then spreading, obtuse, 

 with a cuticle, sticky in moist weather, rarely 

 sprinkled with one or two fragments of the 

 volva, the margin regular, even. Stem 3 to 

 5 inches long, ^ inch thick, solid, bulbous and 

 tapering upward, smooth, white. Ring supe- 



