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AMANITA . The amanitas include some of the most showy representatives of the Agaricineae or See also:mushroom See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of See also:fungi (q.v.). In the first stages of growth, they are completely enveloped by an See also:outer covering called the See also:veil. As the plant develops the veil is ruptured; the See also:lower portion forms a sheath or volva See also:round the See also:base of the See also:stem, while the upper portion persists as See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white patches or scales or warts on the See also:surface of the cap. The stem usually bears an upper See also:ring of See also:tissue, the C
Amanita muscaria.
A, the See also:young plant. g, the gills.
B, the mature plant. a, the annulus, or remnant of
C, See also:longitudinal See also:section of mature velum partiale.
plant. v, remains of volva or velum
p, the pileus. universale. s, the stalk. remains of an inner veil, that stretched from the stem to the edge of the cap and See also:broke away from the cap as the latter See also:expanded. The presence of the volva, and the clear white gills and spores, distinguish this genus from all other agarics. They are beautiful See also:objects in the autumn See also:woods; Amanita muscaria, the See also:fly fungus, formerly known as Agaricus muscarius, being especially remarkable by its See also:bright red cap covered with white warts. Others are pure white or of varying shades of yellow or See also:green. There are sixteen See also:British See also:species of Amanita; they grow on the ground in or near woods. Several of the species are very poisonous.
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