The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise / Its Habitat and its Time of Growth

by Miron Elisha Hard

Figure 21.—Amanita radicata.

Amanita strobiliformis. Fr.

The Fir-cone Amanita.

Plate III. Figure 22.—Amanita strobiliformis.
Young plant showing veil covering the entire gill-surface of the plant. Cap covered with persistent warts, stem rough and rooting, odor strong of chloride of lime.

Plate IV. Figure 23.—Amanita strobiliformis.
Showing long root.

Strobiliformis means fir-cone form; so called from the similarity of its undeveloped form to that of the strobile of the pine.