In the fall of 1912 W. A. Murrill, during a visit in western Washington, described a new species of Amanita as Venenarius pantherinoides (Amanita pantherinoides) (10), closely related to Amanita pantherina Fries. This was prior to any definite knowl? edge that the latter species existed in North America. It was not until 1929 that Zeller (17) reported Amanita pantherina Fries as fruiting in the spring in Oregon. Since then attention has been focused on both spring and fall specimens, due to their striking appearance and abundance around the Puget Sound section. Specimens were collected in the spring and again in the fall for detailed examination and comparison. This was not difficult as there was an abundance of material available, in season, around Fort Lewis, on the Tacoma prairies, and in the vicinity of Seattle. It has also been reported from Grays Harbor, Anacortes, Olympia, and Mount Rainier. This species is found most abundantly late in the fall from November first until the frosts come. A specimen was collected Christmas Day, 1933 in the Nisqually Valley. It commonly occurs under young Douglas firs that have abundant branches near the ground, less frequently in the open. In some instances the spring and fall collections were from under the same tree. The following is a description of Amanita pan? therina as it occurs in the Puget Sound region. Pileus uniform Prout's brown (15) to warm buff (15) with a darker center, sometimes yellowish, especially around the margin, covered with white persistent scales often uniformly distributed but may be nearly or completely washed off by heavy rains (Fig. 2), 5-11 cm. broad, globose when young, expanded when mature, sometimes slightly depressed in mature specimens (plate 46), viscid when moist, shiny when dry, cuticle peeling readily; margin