52 MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Lepiota granulosa. Batsch. 

 Grainy Lepiota. Ediblk. 



Granulosa from granosus, full of grains. Pileus thin, convex or nearly 

 plain, sometimes almost umbonate, rough, with numerous granular 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 

 and evanescent. 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. Common in woods, copses, and waste 

 places. August to October. 



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

 and gills slightly attached to the stem. The annulus is very small and fugacious, 

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

 species was formerly made to include several varieties which are now regarded 

 as distinct." Peck's Report. 



Found in the open woods about Salem, Ohio. The plant is small but quite 

 meaty and of a pleasing quality. 



Lepiota cristatclla. Pk. 



Pileus thin, convex, subumbonate, minutely mealy, especially on the margin, 

 white disk slightly tinged with pink. 



Gills close; rounded behind, free, white; stem slender, whitish, hollow; spores 

 subelliptical, .0002 inch long. 



Mossy places in woods. October. Peck's Report. No one will fail to recog- 

 nize the crested Lepiota the moment he sees it. It has many of the ear marks of 

 the Lepiota family. 



Lepiota granosa. Morg. 



Granosa means covered with granules. 



The pileus is convex, obtuse or umbonate, even, radiately rugose-wrinkled, 

 generally even and regular on the margin, reddish-yellow or light bay. 



The gills are attached to the stem, slightly decurrent, somewhat crowded, 

 whitish, then reddish-yellow. 



The stem is thickened at the base, tapering toward the cap, flesh of the stem 

 is yellow. The veil is membranous and forms a persistent ring on the stem. 



