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margin, warty, viscid when moist: stipe tapering upward, slightly 
enlarged at the base, white. Gills not crowded, white, free; volva 
firm in texture, breaking up into broad felty scales on the pileus 
and forming a more or less perfect ring which projects like a false 
annulus from the base of the stipe. Spores globosed 10-12 me. 
This is not rare in the mountains af West Virginia and I have 
included it here although it has not been reported as yet from 
North Carolina. It comes close to A. vaginata, but seems suffici- 
ently distinct. The curious false annulus is its distinguishing mark. 
Amanitopsis farinosa Schw. 
Pileus 1-2 inches broad, gray or brownish gray, mealy with 
gray particles which are thickest at the disk, deeply striate on the 
margin; gills white, free; stipe slender, pallid or gray, bulbous at 
the base. Spores elliptical or subglobose 6-7 me long. In open 
woods along paths. Common. 
This dainty species is common in western North Carolina, but is 
rare farther to the north and is entirely unknown in Europe. The 
volva is represented by a gray farinose covering which at first 
covers the entire plant. It is a very distinct and attractive species. 
Amanita Spissa should be found in our state and it is hoped that 
collectors will watch for it. It is much like some forms of 
A. rubescens but the warts on the pileus are gray and the flesh 
unchangeable. I have observed it in Maine but not at Asheville. 
ASHEVILLE, N. C. 
