CLASSIFICATION OP AGARH 



able, superior, toughish bul soft. SPORES brighl to dull green in 

 mass, subelliptical, obliquely apiculate, 9-12x6-8 micr., nucleate. 



Gregarious, often in Large fairs rings. In meadows, pastun 

 and open woods. In southern Michigan, Ann Arbor. Frequenl 



bul Local. 

 Unsafe. Eaten with impunity by some persons, bul others Buffer 



vomiting, etc. This is our Largesl capped meadow mushr i know d ; 



i, attains a diameter of 14 inches, tts largt size, movable ring 

 and greenish spores and gills distinguish it. The underside of the 

 ringnexl to the stem is a1 firsl covered by the remains of the cuticle 

 which was continuous with the pileus. All the cuticle of the pileus 

 excepl the center may disappear. The young margin of the cap is 

 beautifully torn-serrate and floccose a1 first. Reports have come 

 in thai the whole planl is sometimes green or greenish. 



688. Lepiota americana Pk. (Edibli 



X. V. State Cab. Rep. 23, p. 71, L872. 



Illustrations: N. V. State Rep. L9, PL 1 1. L896. 

 Atkins.. n. Mushrooms, Fig. 82, p. 80, L900. 

 Eard, Mushrooms, Fig. 34, p. L9, L908. 

 Murrill, Mycologia, Vol. 3, PL L9, Fig. 6. 

 Mcllvaine, Amer. Mushrooms, PL XV, p. L8, L900. 



PILEUS 3-10 cm. broad, ovate then convex-expanded, umbonate 

 or subumbonate, cuticle al firsl reddish-brown and continuous, then 

 broken up except on umbo into Large, scattered, reddish or bay 

 broum s<uhs, elsewhere white when young and fresh bul becoming 

 dingy-red in age, more or less striate on margin. FLESH thin, 

 white, reddening when bruised or in age. GILLS free, close, rather 

 broad in front, aarrowed behind, white. STEM 7-12 cm. Long, L-6 

 mm. thick a1 apex, tapering upward from a clavaU has, . sometimes 

 fusiform, stuffed then hollow, glabrous, white becoming reddish 

 where handled. ANNCLUS rather Large, membranous, flaccid, 

 sometimes movable, sometimes evanescent. SPORES elliptic-ovate, 

 8-10x5-7 micr., aucleate, white. ODOB and TASTE mild. 



(Dried: Whole planl tinged dull red or smoky-red.) 



Solitary to caespitose. Od rich soil in grassy places, in fields or 

 around old stumps. Ann Arbor and Ludington. August. Ap- 

 parently ran- in Michigan. Edible. 



Bresadola (Tab. Analyt., Vol. •_'. p. 83) suggests thai our pi inl is 



