P LA T E IX.
AGARICUS (AMANITA) VERNUS, OR POISONOUS WHITE MUSHROOM,
D E S C R IP T IO N . P ileus. At first ovate or bulbous, enclosed in the volva, then expanded, always pure white, usually
clammy or viscid to the touch; cuticle tliiu , separable.
Gills. Pure white, unequal, free from the stem.
Stem. Long, rough or woolly, staffed or a little hollow toward the cap.
Volva. Always present. Ring marked a t medium growth; often absent at maturity of th e plant; and the same is true of
the warts or scurf on the cap.
N. B. This mushroom to many persons has no disagreeable taste or smell. I t grows in and on the borders of woods,
and when half open may easily be taken for those in Plates I. or IV., if attention is not paid to the volva. I t is deadly
poison.
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