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AM A N ITA MUSCARIA.
F ly Amanita.
C lass a n d O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, Linn N a t . O r d . FU N G I, Link, Grev.
GEN ERIC c h a r a c t e r .
Stipes
JJ,
Pileus stipitatus, vohatus, subtus lamellis sporuliferis, rectis, instructus.
annulatus aut nudus.
Cap furnished with a stem and volva (wrapper), and bearing on its inferior
surface straight sporuliferous lamellæ (gills). Stem either with a ringlike
veil, or naked.
s p e c i f i c c h a r a c t e r .
A manita muscaria ; pileus margine striato, lamellis candidis ; stipite subfarcio,
bulboso; volva squamosa.—(Fries).
Am. margin of the pileus striated ; lamellæ white ; stipes subsolid, bulbous ;
volva scaly.
A m a n ita muscaria, Pers. Disp. Meth. Fung. p. 67.—Fjusd. Syn. Fung. p. 253.
—Alb. et Schn). Consp. Fung. p. 143.— Wahl. Fl. Lapp. p. 527— Lam.
Diet. V. 1. p. 111.—Hook. Fl. Scot. Pt. 2. p. I 9. excl. var. fi.—Sclmein. Syn.
Fung. Carol, a Schmaeg. No. 548. {Comm. Soc. Nat. Cur. Lips.)—Cray’s
Nat, Arr. v. 1. p. 6OO.—Crev. Fl. Fdin. ined.
A garicus muscarius, Linn.Fl. Suec. 1235 Hall. Hist. 2375— Shæjf. Fung.
t. 27-—Lightf. Fl. Scot. V. 2. p. 1010.—Huds. Fl. Ang. 2. p. 612.— With.
Bot. Arr. ed. 6. v. 4. p. 234. in part.—Bolt. Fung. v. 1. t. 27.—Sow. Fung.
t. 286 De Cand. Fl. Franç. ed. 3. v. 2. p. 208.—Fjusd. Syn. p. 42—
Purt. Mid. Fl. V. 2. p. 630. & v. 3. p. 200. in part.—Belh. Fl. Cantab.
ed. 3. p. 525.—Nees, Syst. t. I 9. f. 166.—Fries, Syst. Mycol. v. 1. p. I 6.
A garicus nohilis. Bolt. Fung. t. 46.
A garicus imperialis, Batsch, p. 59.—Fl. Dan. t. 1129. f d e Fries.
A garicus pseudo-aurantiacus, Bidl. Champ, t. 122.
A garicus rubens. Scop. Fl. Cam. p. 4l6.
F ungus bulbosus e volva erumpens, &c. Mich, Nov. PI. Cen. p. 188. t. 78.
f. 2.
i8. puella; pileus destitute of warts. Amanita puella, Schæjf. t. 28.
H ab. In woods throughout the whole kingdom in the autumn ; extremely
abundant in the Highlands of Scotland.
Pileus 3-6 inches broad, convex at first, at length nearly or quite plane,
striated at the margin, mostly bright red or orange, but varying sometimes
to liver-colour, yellowish, or even whitish, warty. Warts white or
yellowish, prominent, pretty regularly scattered over the surface, sometimes
wanting. LameUce adnate with the stipes, very numerous, broad,
white. Flesh thick, white> partaking to a small depth of the colour of
the pileus. Stipes smooth, white, v a y straight, subsolid, 4-8 inches high,
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