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to discover whether the specunen has also the 

 ring called for in column headed " Ring." If 

 it has, and was found growing in the summer, 

 he may feel quite safe in classifying it as Armil- 

 laria. Sometimes the same genus will be found 

 in more than one column. This ought not to 

 mislead or confuse the beginner. In Table I., 

 column headed "Yolva," Amanita is men- 

 tioned, and also in the column headed " Ring," 

 but this indicates that an Amanita has both 

 the Volva (the universal veil) and the Ring. 

 So in the columns headed by " Stem," Pleuro- 

 tus is represented as having a lateral or eccen- 

 tric stem, and also as having no stem. The 

 meaning is, that some species of the genus have 

 no stem, while there are others in which the 

 stem is lateral or eccentric. 



