SECTION 1. 
Limb of the volva free, persistent as a cup surrounding the base of the stipe ;* 
splitting at the top, hence pileus usually naked, or only adorned with a few frag¬ 
ments of the volva, which accidentally ad¬ 
heres to it. 
KEY. 
Flesh yellow.i cresarea. 
Flesh white" 
-Stipe equal or slightly thickened at base, volva 
appressed. (f) 
-Stipe bulbous or volva globose, ({) 
triargin striate, pileus pale brown, . . . . 2 sperta. 
fflargin even, stipe silky,.3 recutita. 
tPileus viscid, when young obtuse, 
spores globose,.4 phalloides. 
tPileus viscid, when young, obtuse, 
spores elliptical.5 magnivelaris. 
{Pileus viscid, when young acute ... .6 virosa. 
1.—Amanita csesarea, pileus, flesh, 
gills and stipe all yellow. Volva large, lax, 
white. Spores elliptical. Margin striate, 
(see Appendix p 13..) 
This species is very large and easily recognized 
by the yellow color of the gills and flesh, no other 
species having gills a decided yellow color—though 
some have a cream tint; also by the persistent large 
volva at the base of the stipe. At first the plant is 
bright orange, fading with age to yellow. It is of very 
wide distribution in this country though nowhere 
common. In Europe it occurs in the Southern portions 
and Fries never saw a living specimen. 
Fig. 3.—Amanita phalloides. 
Fig. 2.—Base of stipe with free volva. 
Amanita pellucidnla. Under this 
name Miss Banning describes a new 
species (Peck’s 44tli Report) differing 
from ctesarea in having even margin 
and white stem, but it is probably only 
a form of ctesarea. (See Appendix, 
p. 13,) 
2. —Amanita sperta. Stipe 
equal, Pileus smooth, substriateon 
the margin, pale brown (or whitish) 
spores elliptical. (See Appendix 
p. 13.) 
This species was described by Prof. 
Peck in 1878. It is very closely allied to 
A. porphyria of Europe. It is disting¬ 
uished from all the following of this 
section by its substriate margin. It 
grows in dry, sandy soil. Also reported 
Ala., U. and E.; Ohio, Morgan’s Mss.; 
Penn, Herbst. 
3. —Amanita recutita. 
Stipe slender, not bulbose at the 
base, volva not globose, stipe silky. 
Pileus dry, (not viscid when 
young). (See Appendix p. 13.) 
This species has been recorded com¬ 
mon N. C., Curtis—also Atkinson. We 
suspect that determinations were made 
from specimens of Peck’s “sperta.” 
4. —Amanita phalloides. 
Pileus smooth, even, obtuse when 
young. Stipe slender. Volva glo¬ 
bose, free, surrounding the base of 
the stipe. Spores globose. (See 
Stevenson, p. 4.) 
