AMANITA. 
SUBGENUS AMANITOPSIS. 
The Genus Amanita is known among the white-spored genera 
by having a universal veil entirely enclosing the young plant. This 
veil is distinct from the epidermis of the pileus. The genus is divided 
into two subgenera : 
Annulus present, . . . Amanita. 
Annulus none, . . Amanitopsis. 
Some mycologists follow Saccardo in considering Amanitopsis 
as a distinct genus. We feel however that this is artificial classifica¬ 
tion. One of the plants we include in this section we consider as a va¬ 
riety of a plant of the typical genus Amanita. 
KEY TO SUB-GENUS AMANITOPSIS. 
Volva persisting as a membranaceous cup at the base of the stipe, . . 1. 
Volva pulverulent or separating into scales,. 2. 
1. Pileus deeply striate on the margin,.1 A. vaginata. 
1. Pileus even, or slightly striate on the margin . . 2 A. baccata. 
2. Pileus gray or grayish-brown, mealy, . . . 3 A. farinosa. 
2. Pileus brown or grayish brown, volva separating into 
scales,.4 A. strangulata. 
2. Pileus yellow, pubescent,.5 A. pubescens. 
2. Pileus white, scaly,.6 A. nivalis. 
2. Pileus red, volva breaking up into warty fragments, 
7 A. muscaria var. coccinea. 
AMANITA VAGINATA. 
Pileus ovate, becoming expanded and nearly plane, pallid, gray, 
tan, or brown in color, smooth or adorned with flat fragments of the 
volva, deeply sulcate-striate on the margin ; lamellae white, free ; 
stipe slender, tapering upward, more or less flocculose ; volva membra¬ 
nous, persistent, free, lax. Spores globose, 7-10 me. in diameter. 
One of the most abundant and variable species on the Asheville 
plateau. 
It is found in profusion during August, when its variable colors 
make it a puzzle to the collector. The free volva, and sulcate-striate 
pileus, readily distinguish it. 
AMANITA BACCATA. 
Pileus firm, convex, even or slightly striate on the margin, 
white, slightly colored on the disk and somewhat floccose scaly ; 
stipe equal, or tapering upward, firm, stuffed, floccose; lamellae 
