. Minnesota mushrooms ... Botany; Mushrooms. GILL FUNGI 7 only the young plants can then be told with certainty from Lepiota. Amanita contains practically all the deadly poisonous species of the gill fungi. Although several species are edible, in particular, Cesar's mushroom, the danger of mistaking a poisonous Amanita for an edible one is so great that everyone should take the greatest pains to avoid eating any Amanita whatsoever, and especially mistaking it in the young button stage for a puffball, or in old age for a L e p i o t a. The ancient name for some Figure 1. Amanita phal
. Minnesota mushrooms ... Botany; Mushrooms. GILL FUNGI 7 only the young plants can then be told with certainty from Lepiota. Amanita contains practically all the deadly poisonous species of the gill fungi. Although several species are edible, in particular, Cesar's mushroom, the danger of mistaking a poisonous Amanita for an edible one is so great that everyone should take the greatest pains to avoid eating any Amanita whatsoever, and especially mistaking it in the young button stage for a puffball, or in old age for a L e p i o t a. The ancient name for some Figure 1. Amanita phalloides Deadly! Key to the Species 1. Cap typically white, rarely yellowish to olive or brown- ish ; volva with more or less of a free border 2. Cap white or buff-brown; volva merely of scales 3. Cap usually bright orange, red or yellow; volva sack- like or merely of scales a. Volva large and sack-like, white; all other parts yellow or orange A. phalloides A. split aria A. caesarca. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Clements, Frederic E. (Frederic Edward), 1874-1945; Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota
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