LEPIOTA. 35 



I/. Americana. Pk. 



Pileus, four to six inches, convex, campannlate, expanded, 

 umbonate, margin striated, adorned with beautiful reddish 

 scales, dry ; flesh white, but dries, ferruginous. 



Gills, free, white, ventricose. 



Stem, glabrous, enlarged below into a subventricose or 

 spindle-shape bulb at the base. The ring is delicate in some 

 specimens, but I have seen specimens w^here it was quite 

 persistent. 



This is truly an American species, not found in any other country. 

 This is the pride of the family. There is nothing more beautiful than a 

 cluster of this fungi. To look over the beautiful scaly pileus is a sight 

 equally as fascinating as a covey of quails. It is generally met with 

 along the roadside and on grassy lawns. It is known by the bulbous 

 stem. The plant on drying turns a beautiful ferruginous color. 



Odor musty, not recommended as edible. Habitat, grassy lawns, etc. 



I/, granulosa. Batsch. 



Pileus, thin, convex or mealy plane, sometimes almost 

 umbonate, rough with numerous 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 annulus, colored and adorned like the 

 pileus below it, annulus slight, evanesent. 



Spores, elliptical, .00016 to .0002 inch, long, .00012 to 

 .00014 inch broad. 



Plant one to two and one- fifth inches high ; pileus one to 

 two and one-fifth inches broad ; stem one to three lines thick. 



Woods, copses, and waste places. Common. August — 

 October. 



