Leucosporae 



the material in which it is cooked. It is, however, a fine addition to Lepiota, 

 our list of esculent species. Peck, 49th Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



I found several on a decaying willow trunk, and on the ground beside 

 it, in Philadelphia. In July, 1898, large quantities, often clustered, 

 grew under the great, open auditorium of the Pennsylvania Chautauqua, 

 at Mt. Gretna, Pa., from ground covered with crushed limestone. 



The caps are meaty and excellent in flavor. They should be broiled 

 or fried. 



GRANULOSI. Pileus granular or warty. Stem sheathed, etc. 



L. granulo'sa Batsch. granostts, full of grains. Pileus thin, con- 

 vex or nearly plane, sometimes almost umbonate, rough, with numer- 

 ous granular or branny scales, often radiately wrinkled, rusty-yellow or 

 reddish-yellow, often growing paler with age. Flesh white or reddish- 

 tinged. Gills close, rounded behind and usually slightly adnexed, 

 white. Stem equal or slightly thickened at the base, stuffed or hollow, 

 white above the ring, colored and adorned like the pileus below it. 

 Ring slight, evanescent. Spores elliptical 4-5x3-47*. 



Plant 1-2.5 in. high. Pileus 1-2.5 m - broad. Stem 1-3 lines 

 thick. Woods, copses and waste places. Common. August to October. 



This is a small species with a short stem and granular reddish-yellow 

 pileus, and gills slightly attached to the stem, a character by which it 

 differs from all the preceding. The ring is very small and fugacious, 

 being little more than the abrupt termination to the coating of the stem. 

 Peck, 35th Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Spores 5-6x3/* B.; 3x4^ W.G.S.; elliptical, 4-5x3-47* Peck. 



Var. rttfcs ecus B. and Br. Pure white at first, then partially turning 

 red and in drying acquiring everywhere a reddish tint. 



Var. al'bida Pk. Persistently white. 



Though small many plants grow neighboring. Being fleshy for their 

 size, and of pleasing quality, they well repay gathering. Remove stems. 



Open woods, Angora, West Philadelphia; Haddonfield, New Jersey, 

 Mcllvaine. 



A. CUTICLE VISCID. NEITHER SCALY NOR WARTY. 



L. delica'ta Fr. dclicatus, delicate. Up to i / in. across, reddish, 

 becoming yellowish toward margin. Flesh well proportioned to cap, 



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