. The Encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information. und that, ha\ing beenincorporated solely as a benevolent and religious body, it wasillegally carrjdng on a general business. See \V. R. Perkins and B. L. Wick, History of the Amana Societyor Communily of True Inspiration, Historical Monograph, No. i, inState Umversit\- of Iowa publications (Iowa Citj-, 1891); R. T. Ely, .\mana: A Study of Religious Communism, in Harper s Maga-zine for October 1902; and Bertha M. H. Shambaugh, Amana, theCommunity of True Inspiration (Iowa Cit\-, 1908). AMANITA. Th
. The Encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information. und that, ha\ing beenincorporated solely as a benevolent and religious body, it wasillegally carrjdng on a general business. See \V. R. Perkins and B. L. Wick, History of the Amana Societyor Communily of True Inspiration, Historical Monograph, No. i, inState Umversit\- of Iowa publications (Iowa Citj-, 1891); R. T. Ely, .\mana: A Study of Religious Communism, in Harper s Maga-zine for October 1902; and Bertha M. H. Shambaugh, Amana, theCommunity of True Inspiration (Iowa Cit\-, 1908). AMANITA. The amanitas include some of the most showyrepresentatives of the Agaricincae or mushroom order of fimgi(). In the first stages of growth, they are completely en-veloped by an outer covering called the veil. As the plantdevelops the veil is ruptured; the lower portion forms a sheathor volva round the base of the stem, while the upper p>ortion{>ersists as white patches or scales or warts on the surface ofthe cap. The stem usually bears an upper ring of tissue, theB C AMAXITA—AMARAPURA. Amanita muscaria. A, the young plant. g, the gills. B, the mature plant. a, the annulus, or remnant of C, longitudinal section of mature velum partiale. plant. r, remains of volva or velum p, the pileus. universale. s, the stalk, remains of an inner veU, that stretched from the stem to theedge of the cap and broke away from the cap as the latterexpanded. The presence of the volva, and the clear white gillsand spores, distinguish this genus from all other agarics. Theyare beautiful objects in the autumn woods; Amanita muscaria,the fly fungus, formerly known as Agaricus piuscarius, beingespecially remarkable by its bright red cap covered with whitewarts. Others are pure white or of varj-ing shades of yellowor green. There are sixteen British species of Amanita; theygrow on the ground in or near woods. Several of the species poisonous. AMANUENSIS (a Latin word, derived from the ph
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