Figure 14.—Amanita muscaria.—Linn. One-half natural size, showing development of the plant.
Amanita Frostiana. Pk.
Frost's Amanita. Poisonous.
Figure 15.—Amanita Frostiana. Photo by C. G. Lloyd.
Frostiana, named in honor of Charles C. Frost.
The pileus is convex, expanded, bright orange or yellow, warty, sometimes smooth, striate on the margin, pileus one to three inches broad.
The gills are free, white, or slightly tinged with yellow.
The stem is white or yellow, stuffed, bearing a slight, sometimes evanescent, ring, bulbous, at the base, the bulb slightly margined by the volva. The spores globose, 8–10µ in diameter. Peck.