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CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Amanita musearia Linn, (musca, a fly). Fly Amanita. 



Goshen, Underwood; Mansfield, July, Aug. (276). 

 Poisonous. Plate I. 

 Amanita musearia Linn., var. alba Pk. White Fly Amanita. 



Mansfield, July, Aug. (92). Poisonous. 

 Amanita phalloides Fr. (phallus-like). 



Goshen, Underwood; Mansfield, July, Aug. (171). 

 Poisonous. 



Variable in color from white to dark brown. Plate II. 

 Amanita rubescens Fr. (becoming red). 



Mansfield, Aug. (83). Edible (McL). 

 Amanita strobiliformis Vitt. (having shape of a pine cone). 



Rockville, Haunter. Edible (Pk.). 

 Amanita verna Fr. (vernal). 



Mansfield, July (166). Poisonous. 

 Resembles white form of A. phalloides closely, but dif- 

 fers in the manner of rupturing the universal veil, at base 

 of stem. 

 Amanita velatipes Atk. (vclatus, veiled; pes, foot; veiled 

 stem ). 



Mansfield, July. 



AMANITOPSIS Roz. 

 ajuai'Trcu, Amanita; oxpie, appearance; resembling Amanita. 



Like Amanita, the young plants of Amanitopsis are cov- 

 ered with a universal veil, which, when ruptured, leaves rem- 

 nants upon the surface of the cap and at the base of the stem. 

 The plants of this genus, therefore, possess a volva, or cup, 

 at the base of the stem, but the ring on the upper part of the 

 stem is absent. In this way they are distinguished from 

 Amanita. Formerly these plants were included with the 

 Amanitas, but the closely sheathing volva and the absence of 

 a ring, place them in a separate genus. All species of Amani- 

 topsis thus far determined are reported edible, but some spe- 

 cies so closely resemble poisonous Amanitas that extremely 

 careful examination should be made, to be certain that no trace 

 of a ring is present on the stem. 



A. vaginata is the most common species in this vicinity, 

 and is usually found in open woods, growing among the leaf- 



