ered with the gray mealy substance which is characteristic of the spe¬ 
cies. As it develops the pileus expands, and is for a time beautifully 
appendiculate with the particles which finally fall away. It is well 
illustrated by Atkinson (fig. 78, p. 76). 
AMANITA STRANGULATA. 
Pileus 1-3 in. broad, campanulate, becoming expanded and 
plane or depressed, brown or gray-brown, deeply striate on the margin, 
warty, slightly viscid when moist; stipe tapering upward, slightly en¬ 
larged at the base, whitish ; lamellae not crowded, white, free ; volva 
not membranous, firm in texture, breaking up into broad, felty scales 
on the pileus and forming a more or less perfect ring which remains 
adnate to the stipe near the base, like an annulus. Spores globose, 
10-12 me. in diameter. 
Growing in damp woods, Brookside, W. Va., Aug. 1900. 
The figure shows the peculiar features of this species, better 
than they can be described. It will be noted upon comparing this figure 
with the excellent representation published by Peck, (51st Report,) 
that the two differ in some particulars. Peck’s figure agrees with that 
given in Cooke’s illustrations of British Fungi (Plate 13) in having 
the volva slight, and persistent at the base of the stipe in “a few trans¬ 
verse fragments which are often so arranged as to form an incomplete 
ring or collar.” 
In our plant the volva is firm with a felt-like structure. The 
fragments on the pileus are firm and persistent, while those at the base 
of the stipe form a firm ring, which often projects 3^ in. from the 
stipe, and might appropriately be called a “false annulus.” In this 
regard it answers well Fries’s description, though it is not well shown 
in his figure. 
The species seems to be rare, though in the mountains of West 
Virginia it is fairly abundant. 
AMANITA PUBESCENS. 
This species is included in our key to the sub-genus Amanitop- 
sis, as it was originally found in North Carolina, though as far as we 
know it has not been detected since Schweinitz’s day. If found its small 
size, yellow color, and pubescent pileus should at once distinguish it. 
AMANITA NIVALIS. 
Pileus white or nearly so, ovate, then expanded, deeply striate 
on the margin; lamellae free, white ; stipe white, slightly bulbous, 
sheathed below with the fragile volva. Spores globose, 7-10 me. in 
diameter. 
We have followed Peck in referring this plant to A. nivalis. It 
is clearly identical with the New York plant, but our scanty material 
was not sufficient for satisfactory study and unfortunately no photo¬ 
graph was secured. It is our hope that it may be found in greater 
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