GILL FUNGI 



the hands, hemispheric to plane; stem tall, 8-20 cm. by 8-12 mm., white, solid, 

 bulbous, with a root-like extension, more or less scaly like the cap, ring torn, more 

 or less appressed, v o 1 v a scaly, disappearing ; gills free or touching, white ; 

 spores elliptic, 10 X 7m- '''he name refers to its habit of growing solitary, though 

 this is not universal. 



Common in woodland and grassland from July to October; said to bi- ediljle, 

 but it is dangerous on account of its re- 

 semblance to poisonous Amanitas and 

 every one should avoiil all risk bv leav- 

 ing it entirely alone. 



Amanita caesarea Caesar's Mushroom 



Cap large, 7-20 cm. wide, reddish, 

 orange or vellow, smooth but beautifulh' 

 striate toward the margin, o\-ate to convex 

 or expanded; stem 10-20 cm., tall, vel- 

 low or orange, soulewliat si-alv below the 

 ring, hollow, ' scarcely enlarged below, 

 ring yelloV or orange, large, collar- 

 like, hanging, y o 1 v a wliite, large and 

 sack-like ; gills free, v;;llow ; s p o r e s 

 elliptic, 8-10/j,. The name ]jrobablv re- 

 fers to the large size and tlie luautv of 

 this plant. 



Rare in o])en woods ; easih' mis- 

 taken for the deadh" Mv mushroom and 

 always to be a\'oided exce;}t by tlie ex- 

 pert. 



Amanita rubescens Reddening 

 Amanita 



Cap large, 8-12 cm. wide, dull red- P'iguke 3. Am.\xit.\ soLirAkiA 



dish, becoming paler in age, the surface Datigerous ! 



roughened with many cottony grayish 



scales, ovoid to convex, then expanded; stem stout, 10-15 cm. tall, 2(1-25 nmi. 

 thick, dull reddish, reddening when touched or bruised, ring large, superior, white. 

 V o 1 V a showing only as a few fragments, readily disappearing from the upper part 

 of the bulbous base of the stem ; gills shining white, touching the stem with lines 

 running clown it; spores ellipsoid, 7-9/j,. The name refers to the characteristic 

 reddening of the flesh. 



Infrequent in forest and woodland from June to October; edible but always 

 to be avoided except by the expert who knows the many variations of our species 

 •of Amanita. 



