3. A. (Amanita) muscarius, L . ; pileus convex, at length
expanded, clothed with scattered warts, the remains of the
adnate volva; flesh beneath the viscid cuticle yellow ; margin
striate; stem bulbous, scaly at the tuberous base, stuffed with
cottony threads; gills reaching the stem and forming decurrent
lines upon it.—Grev. t. 54; Huss. i. t. 1.
In woods, especially of birch. Mostly of a bright scarlet,
hut sometimes umber, etc. Warts white or yellow. Poisonous.
4. A. (Amanita) pantherinus, DC. ; pileus convex, then
expanded, margin striate; flesh white beneath the viscid cuticle;
stem nearly smooth, furnished at the base with a volva
the extreme entire obtuse margin of which alone is free.—
K r om b .t.2 9 .f.lO -\S .
In woods or in pastures, near trees. Supposed to he poisonous.
Brownish, not red or reddish-hrown like the last.
5. A. (Amanita) strobiliforrnis, F r .; pilens convex, then
expanded, studded with persistent warts; flesh compact, white;
margin even; stem bulbous, the base subterraneous, rough
with the remains of the volva; ring torn ; gills rounded behind
and free. (Plate 3, fig. 2.)
Borders of woods. Bare, attaining a large size. Esculent.
6 . A. (Amanita) Mappa, Batsch.; pileus convex, at length
plane, without any separable cuticle; margin nearly even ; flesh
■white; stem nearly smooth, bulbous below; free edge of volva
acute and narrow ; gills adnexed.— Vitt. t. 1 1 .
Under trees. Colour various. Habit like that of a small
A. Phalloides; edge of volva somewhat like that of A. pantherinus.
Poisonous.
7. A. (Amanita) rubescens, P . ; pileus convex, then expanded,
at first clothed with scattered mealy warts; margin
striate; whole plant becoming red when bruised; ring entire;
stem attenuated upwards, squamulose; gills reaching the stem
and forming decurrent lines upon i t ; volva obliterated.—Huss.
i. t. 33.
In woods, very common. Known by its reddish colour
when rubbed. Quality doubtful.
8 . A. (Amanita) exeelsns, F r .; pileus convex, at length
plane, at first innato-flbrillose, clothed with irregular mealy
warts, which soon vanish; margin nearly even; flesh white;
stem bulbous, scaly below; gills free, rounded behind; volva
evanescent. (Plate 3, fig. 3.)
In woods. Supposed to be poisonous. Margin sometimes
sulcate. Brownish.
9. A. (Amanita) asper, P .; pilens at first convex, rough
with minute subpersistent warts; flesh brownish beneath the
cuticle; margin even; gills rounded behind, free.— Vitt. t. 43.
In woods. Besemhling in many respects A. rubescens.
10. A. (Amanita) megalodaetylns. Berk, and Br.; strong-
scented ; pileus soft, convex, smooth, reddish-grey; cuticle entire
; margin even; stem somewhat bulbous, solid, fibrillose;
ring very large, placed near the top of the stem ; gills moderately
broad, free, pallid, at length tinged with red.
In a wood at Wothorp, near Stamford. Pileus 3J inches
across, stem 5 inches high. Allied to A. lenticularis, but the
solid stem is not squamulose, and the gills do not assume an
olive tint.
** Bing none.
11. A. (Amanita) vaginatus. Bull.; pileus thin, at first
campanulate, then nearly plane; margin deeply sulcate; stem
flocculoso-squamose, fistulöse; volva sheathing, loose; gills
free, at first white. (Plate 1, fig. 4.)—Huss. ii. t. 34.
In woods and under trees; very common. Varying greatly
in colour, size, and breadth of the volva. A. nivalis, Grev.