Agaricaceae 



Lepiota. white, immediately becoming saffron-red when broken, easily separating 

 from the apex of the distinct stem, which is encircled with a prominent 

 collar. Stem stout, at the first bulbous with a distinct margin upon the 

 bulb, conical when young, then elongated, attenuated upward, as much 

 as a span long, very robust, I in. thick, and more at the base, always 

 even, and without a trace of scales or even of fibrils although the ap- 

 pearance is obsoletely silky, wholly whitish, hollow within, stuffed with 

 spider-web threads, the walls remarkably and coarsely fibrous. King 

 movable, adhering longer to the margin of the pileus than to the apex 

 of the stem, hence rayed with fibers at the circumference, clothed 

 beneath with one or two zones of scales. Gills very remote, tapering 

 toward each end or broadest at the middle, crowded, whitish, some- 

 times reddening. Stevenson. 



Veil remarkable in its development and thick margin. 



Spores 6x8/A W.G.S. 



Fort Edward, Howe; Westfield, N. Y., Miss L. M. Patchen; Penn- 

 sylvania, New Jersey, Mcllvaine. 



A heavier species than L. procera, of which by some writers it has 

 been considered a variety, but it differs in the absence of umbo and flesh 

 becoming tinged with red. 



Stem is decidedly swollen downward. Veil heavy, apparently double, 

 thickest at margin of cap to which it remains attached in heavy frag- 

 ments. It tears from the stem, leaving no mark of ring. 



Var. puellaris Fr. puella, a girl. Smaller than typical form, shining 

 white, pileus with downy scales. Not yet reported in America. 



Edible qualities similar to those of L. procera. It is sold indiscrimi- 

 nately with it in London markets. 



L. excoria'ta Schaeff. stripped of its skin. Flesh spongy, rather 

 thick, white, unchangeable. Pileus at first globose, then flat, hardly 

 umbonate, pale-fawn or whitish, disk dark; cuticle thin, silky or scaly, 

 sometimes areolate, more or less peeled toward margin, hence its name. 

 Gills ventricose, white, free, somewhat remote. Stem attenuated, 

 hollow or stuffed, short, scarcely bulbous, smooth, white, not spotted, 

 very distinct from flesh of pileus. Ring movable but not so freely as 

 that of L. procera. 



Stem \y*-2.% in. high, less than > in. thick. Pileus 2-3 in. broad. 



Spores 1 4- 1 5x8-9/4 Massee. 



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