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THE LARGER FUNGI 
KEY TO THE SPECIES. 
Pileus saffron-yellow or orange 12. .Lmamitopsis pulchclla. 
Pileus pale butt'. Spores 13 x 7 y 13. A. sublutea. 
Pileus livid or mousey-grey with large white or grey 
fragments of the volva, edge striate. Spores globose, 
10 to 12 /x 14. A. vaffinata. 
Pileus drab-brown, bistre or chocolate. Spores 11 to 
15 x 9 to 13 y Am anil op sis forms of 
Amanita y risen. 
12. Amanitopsis pulchella Cke. ct Mass (L., puh'heUus, diminutive of 
beautiful). — Pileus 1 to 2iu. (2.5 to 5 cm.), convex, then expanded and nearly 
plane, centre sometimes depressed, the edge sometimes striate, saffron-yellow to 
orange, paling with age, with a few adherent reddish-orange and white warty or 
patchy remains of the volva. Gills almost free, crowded, white or cream. Stem 
li to 2 Jin. (3 to (3.2 cm.), expanding under the pileus where it may be streaked 
by the gill attachments, hollow, white or pale yellowish. Volva usually obvious, 
friable, adnate, marginate, the edge usually definite but irregular, frequently 
orange-tinted. Spores subglobosc, thick-walled, 7 to 9 y. On the ground, often 
under trees. South Australia — Mount Lofty Range, Baker's Gully (Clarendon), 
Mount Compass, Second Valley Forest Reserve, Encounter Bay, Mount Burt 
(S.E.), Kalangadoo. New South Vales. Victoria. May, June. August, October. 
13. Amanitopsis sublutea Clel. (L., subluteus, somewhat yellow). — Pileus 
1*1 to ljin. (3 to 4.3 cm.) broad, convex, becoming depressed a little in the centre, 
sticky when moist, pale buff (a little deeper than Warm Buff, xv.) or white 
with tints of yolk-yellow. Gills just reaching the stem, moderately close, becoming 
slightly ventricose, white. Stem up to Ivin. (4.3 cm.), §in. (10 mm.) thick, equal, 
mealy above, smooth below, white or a little buff-tinted below, bulb up to ;;in. 
(19 mm.) thick, spherical, the colour of the pileus, edge just free. Flesh of 
pileus rather thin, white, attenuated outwards. Spores oblique, 11 to 13.5 x 5.5 
to 7 y. In sand. South Australia — Encounter Bay. May, August. 
14. Amanitopsis vaginata (Bull.) Roze (L., vayina, a sheath), with pileus 
livid or mouse-grey covered with white or grey fugacious fragment's of the volva, 
the margin striate; gills white or greyish, free; stem white or grey with a large, 
lax, often lobed, white or grey volva: and spores globose, 10 to 12 y, has been 
recorded for Queensland, New South Vales, aud Victoria, but has not yet been 
found iu this State. It is edible. 
***Vith a ring on the stem. 
LEPIOTA (Pers.) Fr. 
(Gr., Icpis, a scale.) 
''Pileus fleshy, regular. Stem central. Ring membranaceous, free or adnate, 
persistent or fugacious, always manifest in the adult stage. Gills free, adnate 
or sinuato-aduate, often attached to a collar. Spores white, rarely pinkish or 
ochraeeous, oval, elliptical, pip-.sliaped, fusiform, subreniform, deltoid, or pro- 
jectile-shaped; continuous or with a germ-pore. Cystidia rare. Growing on the 
ground, rarely on wood.” — Rea. 
Species of the genus Lepiota are usually readily recognisable by the white 
spores, a more or less obvious ring on the stem, the usually free gills, and the 
stem readily separable from the pileus (much as if fitting into a socket). The 
pileus is usually scaly, rarely smooth and still more rarely viscid. The ring may 
be ample and movable on the stem, or may be flimsy and soon disappear. Some 
of the species are quite large and moderately robust, others small, thin, and 
delicate. 
Several species of Lepiota are common witlx us. Lepiota procera, the Parasol 
Agaric, is frequently to be found iu the National Park and elsewhere and is 
edible — its large size, scaly cap and movable ring help in its recognition. A 
whitish species, L. naucinu, is also common and may be mistaken for the common 
mushroom, but the gills are whitish. It is said to be an edible species but has 
not yet been knowingly eaten in Australia. L. cristata is a small rather delicate 
ami elegant species with its cap variegated with reddish-brown scales. Several 
other delicate species are to be met with, though never common, in our forests. 
