t. 
NEW SPECIES OF FUNGI ^ 
Chas. H. Peck 
Amanita peckiana Kaufifm., in litt. 
Pileus at first ovate, becoming broadly convex or nearly plane, 
glabrous at first then fibrillose or somewhat scurfy with minute 
adnate pinkish or cream-colored squamules, white, not striate, the 
margin at first incurved and bordered by the thickish union of 
the universal and partial veil, at length crenate-fringed or lacerate- 
appendiculate, flesh firm, thickish, white ; lamellae free, reaching 
the stem, moderately broad, much broader in front, subellipsoid, 
pure-white, flocculose on the edge ; stem stout, tapering upward, 
stuffed or hollow, bulbous, the bulb covered by a thick, firm, loose 
volva margined with ovate lobes, the flesh often pinkish or salmon- 
colored, especially toward the base, annulus evanescent, but in 
the young plant the lamellae are concealed by the very thin inner 
veil; spores oblong, elongated or subcylindric, obtuse, 12-16 X 5~7 
IX, sometimes slightly narrowed toward one end. 
Pileus 5-9 cm. broad ; stem 5-9 cm. long, 1-2 cm. thick. 
Sandy soil under white pine trees, Pinus sfrobus L. New Rich- 
mond, Michigan. September. C. H. Kauffman. 
An interesting and very distinct species, well marked by the 
thin, evanescent inner veil and the oblong or subcylindric spores. 
Pileus subovatus, obtusus, deinde late convexus vel subplanus, 
primum glaber, deinde fibrillosus vel minute furfuraceus, albus, 
non striatus, primum margo incurvus et velis universali imper- 
fectoque incrassatus, demum crenate-fimbriatus vel lacerate- 
appendiculatus, came firmo, subcrasso, albo; lamellae liberae, 
attingentes, sublatae, anteriore latiores, subellipsoideae, candidae, 
acie flocculosae ; stipes validus, deorsum attenuatus, farctus vel 
fistulosus, bulbosus, bulbo volva crassa, firma, laxa tecto, ovatis 
lobis marginata, came saepe infra subincarnate, anntilo evanes- 
centi, lamellae juveniles velo tenui tectae; sporae oblongae, elon- 
gatae vel subcylindraceae, obtusae, 12-16 X 5- 7 m, aliquando levi- 
ter infra attenuate. 
* Previous articles in this series were published in the Bulletin of the 
T orrey Botanical Club. The form there used is retained. 
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