Agaricaceae 



Lepiota. sis, because the American plant which I have referred to it does not in 

 all respects agree with this description, but comes so near it that it can 

 scarcely be specifically distinct. In the American plant, so far as I 

 have seen it, erect, acute scales are always present, especially on the 

 disk, and the down of the pileus does not always break up into distinct 

 areas or scales. Neither is the stem usually scaly, but rather clothed 

 with soft tomentose or almost silky fibrils. The gills are crowded and 

 some of them are forked. At the furcations there are slight depressions 

 which interrupt the general level of the edges, and give them the ap- 

 pearance of having been eaten by insects. The plant has a slight odor, 

 especially when cut or bruised. Peck, 35th Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Remarks under L. acutesquamosa apply to L. Friesii, which Fries 

 himself doubts being distinct from the first. The plants vary greatly in 

 size, color and habitat. The name acutesquamosa carries a descrip- 

 tive meaning with it that L. Friesii does not. 



It does not appear to have been reported except by Professor Peck, 

 but probably appears as L. acutesquamosa in other lists. 



The edible qualities are excellent. 



L. acutesquamo'sa Wein. acutus, sharp; squama, a scale. PileilS 

 fleshy, obtuse, at first hairy-floccose, then bristly with erect, acute, 

 rough scales. Stem somewhat stuffed, stout, bulbous, powdered above 

 the moderate-sized ring. Grills approximate, lanceolate, simple. Fries. 



PileilS convex or nearly plane, obtuse or broadly subumbonate, 

 clothed with a soft tawny or brownish-tawny tomentum, which usually 

 breaks up into imperfect areas or squamae, rough with erect, acute scales, 

 which are generally larger and more numerous on the disk. Gills close, 

 free, white or yellowish. Stem equal, hollow or stuffed with webby fila- 

 ments, subbulbous. Spores about 7x3-4^. 



Woods and conservatories. Buffalo, G. W . Clinton; Albany, A. F. 

 Chat fie Id; Adirondack mountains and Brewertown, Peck. 



The form found in the hot-houses seems to have the tomentum of the 

 pileus less dense and the erect scales more numerous than in the form 

 growing in woods. The annulus is frequently lacerated. In the speci- 

 mens of the woods the erect scales are sometimes blackish in color, and 

 they then contrast quite conspicuously with the tawny or brownish- 

 tawny tomentum beneath them. They vary in size and shape. Some 

 resemble pointed papillae, others, being more elongated, are almost 



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