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II. AMANITOPSIS Roze
(From its relationship to Amanita)
Vài universal, clothy, distinct from the cuticle of the pileus. After
its rupture, as maturity is reached, it remains as a volva at the
base of the stem and as broken patches on the pileus. LLymen
distinct from the fleshy stem. Pileus convex, then expanded, not
decidedly fleshy. Stem central, volvate, simple. Gills free, adnate
in 20, white or whitish. (Fig. 1 1 .)
All the species grow on the ground. Species 18—20
18. A. vaginata Roze (from the volva; vagina, a sheath) a b c.
, P. brown; marg. sulcate. St. white or pale brown. Vo. large,
free, lax, sheathing within.
Said to be edible, but sometimes produces perspiration and illness. Tasteless
or insipid when raw, but cooking brings out a strong meat-like flavour ;
odour none. Woods ; common. Sept.-Nov. 4J X 6J X | in. There are
several varieties ; nivalis W. G. Sm. (Amanita nivalis Grev.) is white.
18a. A. fulva W. G. Sm., Agaricus ftd vus Sch»ff. (from the bright
reddish-tawny colour) b.
P. sienna; mid. dark, sometimes almost black; marg. striate or
sulcate. St. squamulose, pale sienna. Vo. large, free, lax,
sienna.
Poisonous. Woods, birch. June-Sept. 3 j X bj X § in. Amanita spadicea
Pers. is a brown form of this.
19. A. strangulata Roze (from the transverse constrictions of the
stem) a b c.
P. mouse-colour, brown or yellowish-brown ; marg. sulcate.
St. brownish-white. Vo. not large, adpressed to St. Flesh
whitish, tawny when broken.
Taste sweet ; odour none. Woods ; uncommon. May-Oct. 6J X 8 X J in.
20. A. adnata Sacc. (from the adnate gills) a b c.
P. firm, not brittle, buff-yellow ; marg. not sulcate. St. minutely
fibrillose, buff-white. G. crowded. Vo. not large, lax,
irregularly torn, pubescent.
Woods and plantations, oak, holly ; uncommon. Oct. 3 X 3f X J in.
Compare 15a.
III. LEPIOTA Quél.
(From the scaly pileus and stem ; Gr. lepis, a scale.)
Veil universal, concrete with the cuticle of the pileus, breaking up in
the form of scales, granules or silkiness. ILymenophore distinct from
the fleshy stem. Pileus never compact, often very thin, at first plane,
F ig 12.—Lepiota procera Quél. One-quai‘ter nat. size.
A , p e r f e c t p l a n t ; b , s e c t io n o f y o u n g e x a m p le s h o w in g
u n i v e r s a l v e i l ; c, s e c t i o n o f h a l f - g r o w n e x a m p le s h o w in
g a t * * r u p t u r e o f v e i l ; d , s e c t i o n o f m a tu r e e x a m p le
s h o w in g a t a a n n u lu s f r e e f r o m t h e s t e m ; u.V, r em a in s
o f u n i v e r s a l v e i l .
then scaly, granular, silky, smooth or viscid. Stem central, annulate,
somewhat cartilaginous, firmer in texture than the pileus. Gills free
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