GILL FUNGI 13 



Key to the Species 



1. Ring movable, large; caps large, usually more than lU 



cm. 

 a. (iills white (ir whitish; llesh white /,, procera 



I), (iills greenish; ilesh becoming reddish wlieu lul /,. luor^ani 



2. King usually fixed, often disapiiearing when old ; caps 



medium to small 

 a. Cap white to vellow, without conspicuous scales 



(1) Cajj white to buff, smooth /,. riiji/rina 



(2) Cap white to yellow, mealy with tiny brown 



scales ; margin folded L. ccparslipcs 



(3) Cap white, with a dense mealy down; margin not 



folded /.. farinosa 



1). Cap tawny to reddish brown, with marked reddish or 

 brownish scales 



(1) Flesh becoming reddish when cut or dried L. aiucricaihi 



(2) Flesh persistently white or whitish 



(a) Ring large; cap woolly, rough with erect acute 



scales L. aciitcsquamosa 



(b) Ring small, luie-like or disappearing 



X. Ring small, disappearing ; cap with reddish- 

 brown flat scales ; gills free L. cristata 



\. Ring line-like, cap reddish-yellow, scales grain- 

 like ; gills touching L. granulosa 



Lepiota procera Parasol Mushroom 



Cap large, 0-15 cm. wide, grayish-brown to brown at the center or umbo, the 

 surface breaking into large brownish scales except at the center . l)ell-shai)ed or con- 

 vex to plane; stem tall, slender, 12-25 cm. bv 4-8 mm., paler than the cap. en- 

 larged at the base, cracked or scah. hollow or stutTed . ring large, movable, whitish 

 brown; gills free, whitish, broad, crowded; spores white, elliptic. 12-18X8- 

 10//. The name refers to the tall stem. 



Common in late summer antl autumn, in grasslands, pastures, lawns, roadsides, 

 etc., or in open woodlands. ( )dor pleasant; flavor delicious; especially adapted to 

 drying for winter use. 



Lepiota morgani Green Gill 



Cap very large, 15-30 cm. wide, white or whitish with many brownish or 

 \-ellowish scales, especially toward tlie disk, convex to expanded or upturned; stem 

 tall, stout. 15-35 cm. by 2-3 cm., whitish, somewhat bulbous at base, smooth, stuffed; 

 flesh white becoming reddish or yellowish when wounded ; gills free, white, 

 then turning green, crowded; spores ovate or ellipsoid, greenish, 10-12 X '-8/*- 

 The name refers to the discoverer, Professor Morgan. 



