ESCULENT FUNGI OF GEEAT BRTTAIN. 349 
Nat. Ord. FUNGI, Link, Grev. 
(Part of Fungi, Jiiss, 
Amanita, 
4. A. caesarea, piiei margine striato, lamelHs luteis, sti- 
pite farcto, volva laxa. Fries. 
Amanita caesarea, Pers. Syn. Fung. p. 
Amanita aurantiaca^ Pers, ], c. p. 252. — Gray's Nat 
Arr, V. 1. p. 599. 
AGARicus^caesareus, Schceff. Fung. %5S.-—Mich. t. 77. 
f. 1.— JZZ. Fl Fed. p. ^m.— Fries Syst Mycol v. L 
p. 15. 
Agaricus aurantiacus, Bull. t. 120. — De Cand. FL 
Fran^. ed, 5. v. 2. p. 209. — Fjusd. Syn. p. 42. 
Agaricus aureus, Batsch, and Ag. speciosus, Gouavb 
(Jid. Fries.) 
Hab. In fir-woods. Autumn. 
Desc. Pileus or hemispherical, becoming less con- 
vex in age, orange-red, 4-5 inches broad, striated at 
the margin^ generally smooth, and wholly wartless, 
often splitting at the edge. Lamellae or gills yellow, 
and rather thick. Stem 3-6 inches high, firm, thick, 
solid. Veil annular, persistent. Plant furnished with 
a complete volva or wrapper, from which it bursts, 
leaving the remains at the base of the stem. 
This Amanita is liable to be confounded by careless in- 
dividuals with Amanita muscaria, which is poisonous ; two 
simple characters are nevertheless sufficient to banish all 
uncertainty. In A, muscaria, the volva or wrapper is not 
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