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The plants often cespitose, two to four inches high. Pileus is one to two 

 inches broad. It is found in rich ground and decomposing vegetable matter. It 

 is also found in graperies and conservatories. Peck. 



This plant derives its specific name from the resemblance of its stem to that 

 of the seed-stalk of an onion. One form has a yellow or yellowish cap, while the 

 other has a white or fair cap. It seems to delight to grow in well rotted saw- 

 dust piles and hot houses. The specimens represented in Figure 37 were collected 

 in Cleveland and photographed by Prof. H. C. Beardslee. 



Lcpiota acutesquamosa. Wcin. 

 The Squarrose Lepiota. Edible. 



Acutesquamosa is from aattiis, sharp, and squama, a scale; so called from 

 the many bristling, erect scales on the pileus. The pileus is two to three inches 



Figure 38. Lepiota acutesquamosa. Two-thirds natural size, showing small pointed scales. 



broad, fleshy, convex, obtuse, or broadly umbonate ; pale rusty with numerous 

 small pointed scales, which are usually larger and more numerous at the disk. 

 The gills are free, crowded, simple, white or yellowish. 



