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Series 1. Leucospori. Spores white. 
Sub-Genus 1. AMANITA. Pers. Syn. p. 246. 
Yeil universal, at first completely envelopiug the young plant, 
distinct and free from the cuticle of the pileus ; pileus convex, 
then expanded, not decidedly fleshy ; stem distinct from the 
hymenophore, ringed, furnished with a volva, free and lax, connate 
with the base, or friable and nearly obsolete ; gills free from the 
stem. 
a. Volva splitting at the apex, border Jree, persistent. 
1. Agaricus (Amanita) ovoideus. Bull. Champ, t. 364. Fr. 
Hym. Fur. IS. Sacc. Syll. No. 3. 
White, pileus hemispherical, expanded, margin inflexed, exceeding 
the gills, even (6-13 e.m. broad), stem solid, bulbous, scaly and 
mealy (8-12 c.m. long, 1^-8 c.m. thick), volva lax, ring broad and 
lax ; gills free, ventricose ; spores ellipsoid, 10-12 x 6-7 p. 
On the ground. Victoria. 
2. Agaricus (Amanita) Preissii. Fr. FI. Preiss p. 131. 
Sacc. Syll. No. 4. 
Pilous fleshy, convex, then expanded, viscid, margin even ; stem 
stuffed, furfuraceous, pallid, volva turnip-shaped, rooting, con- 
stricted at the apex, with a persistent free border ; ring near the 
apex reflexed ; gills adnate, crowded. 
In sandy soil, woods, etc. W. Australia. 
3. Agaricus (Amanita) vernus. Bull. Cooke Illus. t. 3. Fr. 
Hym. Fur. 18. 
Pileus at first ovate, then expanded, rather depressed, viscid 
(10-12 c.m. broad), white ; margin naked, smooth; stem stuffed, 
equal, floccose, base bulbous (12 c.m. long, nearly 2 c.m. thick), 
volva closely embracing the stem, with its free margin ; ring 
reflexed ; gills free. Spores 10 X 7 /i. 
In woods. Victoria. Queensland. (Fig. 1.) 
4. Agaricus (Amanita) mappa. Batsch. Fries Hym. Fur. 19. 
Sacc. Syll. 8, Cooke Illus. t. 4. 
Pileus convex, then plane, without separable cuticle, (fry ; margin 
nearly even (6-8 c.m. broad), flesh white; stem stuffed, then 
hollow, cylindrical, nearly smooth, bulbous, nearly globose at the 
base (8-10 c.m. long, slender) volva circumscissile, with its free 
margin acute and narrow, ring superior, membranaceous ; gills 
adnexed, ventricose, white. Spores spliaaroid, 7-9 p diam. 
On the ground. Victoria. 
5. Agaricus (Amanita) strobilaceus. Cke. Grev. xix., 82. 
Pileus convex, hemispherical (8 c.m. diam.), covered with large, 
persistent, obtusely conical warts, after the manner of a fir cone 
down to the incurved margin, ochrey-yellow. Stem short, stout’ 
solid, slightly incrassated at the base, ring superior, volva closely 
adnate, circumscissile, marginate, longitudinally sulcate (8 c.m. x 
