MYCOLOGIA 
Vol. VI January, 1914 No. 1 
ILLUSTRATIONS OF FUNGI— XVII 
William A. Murrill 
The species here figured are mostly rare in the vicinity of New 
York and of little importance to the mycophagist. 
Venenarius rubens (Scop.) Murrill 
Amanita rnbescens Pers. 
Blushing Venenarius 
Plate 1 13. Figure i. X i 
Pileus ovoid to convex, at length expanded, 6-12 cm. broad, 
surface adorned with numerous thin, floccose or farinose warts, 
variable in color, always tinged with reddish or brownish-red. 
changing slowly to reddish when bruised, margin smooth or 
faintly striate ; context white, changing slowly to reddish when 
bruised, with a pleasant odor and taste ; lamellae free or slightly 
adnexed, crowded, nearly plane, white, characteristically chalky- 
white when dry; spores ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 10-11 X 6-7/1,; 
stipe equal or slightly tapering upward, usually bulbous, squamu- 
lose, whitish suffused with red, becoming reddish when bruised, 
stuffed, 6-20 cm. long, 6-12 mm. thick; annulus superior, ample, 
white, easily torn; volva very fragile, most of the fragments ap- 
pearing on the surface of the pileus, while a few remain clinging 
to the margin of the bulb. 
Found commonly in woods and groves from Maine to Alabama 
and west to Ohio. It contains poisons when raw, but these are 
disorganized by cooking or digestion. Although edible, I cannot 
advise any one to eat it, since many of its near relatives are so 
[Mycologia for November, 1913 (5: 287—329), was issued Nov. 25, 1913]. 
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