Fungi with Gills 
The Sheathed Amanitopsis (Edible) 
Amanitopsis vaginata 
Cap or Pileus—Variable in colour, ranging from white to reddish 
brown. Thin, fragile, smooth; or, when young, with a few 
fragments of the wrapper adhering to its surface. Margin 
distinctly and 
deeply _ striated. 
r\ 2-4 inches broad. 
Stem or Stipe—Hol- 
low or stuffed; 
smooth, or 
sprinkled with 
minute mealy 
particles or woolly 
scales. Not bul- 
bous at the base. 
3-5 inches long. 
Spores—W hite. 
Ring or Annulus— 
None. 
Wrapper or Volva— 
Soft, flabby, 
white, adhering 
slightly to the 
base. 
Gills or Lamelle—Free 
from the stem. 
White or whitish, 
close, irregular. 
Flesh—White, or 
sometimes 
stained under the 
\Y easily separating 
skin. 
Section of A. vaginata Time— June to Oc- 
tober. 
Habitat—In woods or open places, in damp vegetable mould, 
widely distributed. Specimen pictured was found growing 
in mountains of New Jersey. 
A. vaginata, var. alba, has the whole plant white. 
A. vaginata, var. fulva, has the cap tawny yellow. 
A, vaginata, var. livida, has the cap leaden brown, and gills 
and stem tinged with smoky brown. 
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