Mushrooms and other common fungi . unequal,thin, floccose, grayish scales, which are noticeably persistent in dry weather, surfacesmooth or very faintly striate; stem cylindrical, tapering above, bulb prominent,suffused reddish; ring membranaceous, large, fragile; volva persisting as floccosescales on the cap or present as loose fragments on the bulb. Cap 4 to 5 inches broad; stem 4 to 5 inches long, about 1 inch thick. (PI. II, fig. 4.)This species occurs quite abundantly in the late summer or early fall. It is often ^found in patches, but it may also appear singly. The European form is somet
Mushrooms and other common fungi . unequal,thin, floccose, grayish scales, which are noticeably persistent in dry weather, surfacesmooth or very faintly striate; stem cylindrical, tapering above, bulb prominent,suffused reddish; ring membranaceous, large, fragile; volva persisting as floccosescales on the cap or present as loose fragments on the bulb. Cap 4 to 5 inches broad; stem 4 to 5 inches long, about 1 inch thick. (PI. II, fig. 4.)This species occurs quite abundantly in the late summer or early fall. It is often ^found in patches, but it may also appear singly. The European form is sometimesregarded as poisonous, but the American form of Amanita rubescens is considerededible. Again the advice to the amateur is to avoid all Amanitae. Dr. W. W. Ford,of Johns Hopkins Hospital, who conducted extensive experiments concerning thepoisonous principle in certain Amanitae, states that the American form of this speciesis not poisonous to man. Jul. 1 75, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate I. •4JL: ?«.. f%j 9% M >JH ^W. Fig. 1.—Amanita caesarea. Fig. 2.—Amanita phalloides. (Poisonous.)
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