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Mycologia 



Amanita phalloides, especially when young and broken away from 

 its swollen base, does not appear so very different to these col- 

 lectors from the common field mushroom, Agaricus campestris, 

 which is often pure white above and has its vivid pink gills hidden 

 from sight by the veil in the younger stages. The two species 

 are, however, very widely distinct, and persons incapable of dis- 

 tinguishing them would do well to abandon at once the role of 

 mycophagist. 



