The poison amanita, or "death oup " i I . . i- 



rv attractive toadstool, with a stem three t«> six inches long and 

 half an inch thick, rising from an abrupt broad bulb surrounded by 

 ip narrowly margined at the top, distant from the Stem and often 

 notched or split. The satiny cap is three to live inches broad, desti- 

 tute of warts and marginal Btriations, varying in color from white to 



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 The Death Cap U mini/a phailold- 



brown, the white or yellowish being the comm In tl 



w i t: wn color the center of the cap may become aim 



black. The color of th- stem and collar follows that of the cap, with 

 whil iling. The gills ai it and free from the 



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 is much —aded toadstool. 



