THE LARGER FUNGI 
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Sili. (12.5 cm.), stout, uj> to 1 | hi. (3.1 tin.) thick, slightly attenuated upwards,, 
base move or less bulbous ( 1 A in., 3.7 cm,, thick), fibrillose, marked by gill lines 
above the ring, solid, white, or with tints of the pileus. Veil rupturing to form 
an ample, membranous, median, often evanescent ring, or tending to cling to the 
stem, gill-marked above, white or rather dingy. Volva at first with a free edge, 
friable, evanescent. Spores subsplierical to elliptical with an oblique apiculus, 
granular, 9 to 13 M , 15 x 11 to .13 M , .11 to 13 x 9 t'o 11 «, Sometimes eaten by 
slugs. 
The following is a description of specimens from the Glen Osmond hills, June, 
1928: — At first turbinate with a large bulb (lfiii., 3.1cm., thick) and smaller 
convex pale drab pileus with a mealy surface breaking up into warts on top, 
veil present and a marg'inate volva. Later with a large bulb without a marginate 
volva, the pileus drab with coarse whitish warts. When adult, pileus up to Sin. 
(7.5 cm.), convex, the centre sometimes depressed, whitish, with -more or less of 
a brownish or drab tint’, rather shining, with scattered warts or mealy patches. 
Gills just adnexed or free, moderately close, deep, cream-coloured, sometimes with 
a Ilesii tint. Stem slender (gin., 9 mm.) or stout (fin., IS mm.), mealy fibrillose, 
base usually bulbous. Usually with no ring when adult but sometimes it is ample, 
dependent, and superior. Spores subspherieal, 9 to 11 x 7.5 m. 
Additional localities are: — Mount Lofty, National Park, Stirling West, Mvlor, 
Coromandel Valley, Dashwood Gully, Kuitpo, Cleland’s Gully, Inman Valley, 
Encounter Bay. March to August, October, November. 
7. Amanita grossa Berk. (L., grossus, thick) . — Pileus 41 to 7in. (1.1. to 17.5 cm.), 
globose, then convex, white sometimes with a. silvery sheen, shining, Covered with 
scattered warts which have a broad base of puckered membrane and a projecting 
ragged apex as if a piece of tissue paper had been twisted round with the 
lingers, with large soft ragged fragments of the veil attached to the edge. Gills 
just reaching the stem, moderately close, of a dirty creamy-white colour, drying 
to a darker tint. Stem up to 6in. (15 cm.) high, up to If in. (4.4 cm.) thick 
at the bulbous base and 1 in. (2.5 cm.) in the upper part, solid, mealy-white, 
above sometimes with narrow ragged irregular rings from the veil, sometimes 
with no ring, the upper part of the bulb smooth, the lower with concentric rings 
of small warts. Spores subsplierical, 8.5 to 11 x 0.8 to 7'5 o., 8 to 9 v-. A strong 
sour smell as of rancid butter. South Australia — Mount Lofty. New South 
Wales. March, June, July. 
The prominent shaggy warts, whitish colour, and sour smell serve to distinguish 
this species. 
8. Amanita conico-bulbosa Clel. (L., eonkus, conical; bulboslhs, bulbous). — 
When young 2in. (5 cm.) in diameter, plano-convex with a deep rounded border 
and edge turned in, slightly viscid when moist, finely villose, greyish white; base 
of the stem very bulbous (ljin., 3.7 cm. thick), the root conical and 2}in. (5.6 cm.) 
deep. When adult, pileus 2 to -tin. (5 to 10 cm.), slightly convex to a little 
upturned or convex with the centre depressed, slightly viscid when moist, in 
places smooth and shining, in others subvillose, with scattered warty patches often 
villose at the base, or the whole surface dull with no flakes, cuticle peels, white 
with a slight biscuity tint or chalky white, occasionally with a greyish-brown 
tint. Gills just reaching the stem, attenuated towards it, close, 1 to Ain. (6 to 
12.5 mm.) deep, ventrieosc, short ones at the periphery, creamy white, when 
old with a bully tint in some lights, when dry brownish. Stem up to 3 to 5in. 
(7.5 to 12.5 cm.), -Jin. (2.1 cm.) thick, slightly attenuated upwards, gill-marked 
above, fibri.llose-scaiy to matt below, solid, white or whitish, bulb If to 1 Jin. 
(3.1 to 3.7 cm.) thick, root up to Sin. (7.5 cm.) long, conical downwards. Ring 
superior to median, ample, dependent, marked with gill-lines above, evanescent. 
No obvious volva, or volva as a mealy-evanescent rim when young. Flesh white, 
moderately thick (jin., 6 mm., or more), attenuated outwards. Smell sometimes 
slightly fragrant, when cut somewhat phospliorus-like. Spores elliptical, white, 
9 to 11.5 x 5.5 to 7 «. Partly buried in sand or in the ground. South Australia— 
Kiuchina, Beaumont, Hindmarsh Valley. June to October. 
This species is characterised by being greyisli-wliite when young, later white 
with a slight biscuity or greyish -brown tint, and by having usually scattered 
villose warty patches, no strong smell, and a very long conical root. 
9. Amanita straminea Clel. (L., stnm.ihevis, straw-coloured), — Pileus up to 2, jin. 
( 5 . 1 ! cm.), convex, then nearly plane with the centre slightly irregularly depressed, 
