Agaricaceae 



Lepiota. long, equal or slightly tapering upward, hollow, clothed with soft, loose, 

 floccose filaments, brown. Ring slight, evanescent. Spores elliptical, 

 6-8x4-5/1. 



Plant 2-3.5 in. high. Pileus .5-1.5 in. broad. Stem 1-2 lines 

 thick. 



Woods. Adirondack Mountains. August and September. 



It is easily distinguished from A. rubrotincta by the darker color of 

 the scales of the pileus, by the loose floccose filaments that clothe the 

 brown stem, by the fugacious ring and the smaller spores. Peck, 35th 

 Rep. N. Y. State Dot. 



The caps compare favorably with other Lepiotae in substance and 

 flavor. 



L. crista'ta A. and S. crista, a tuft, crest. Pileus thin, bell-shaped 

 or convex, then nearly plane, obtuse, at first with an even reddish or 

 reddish-brown surface, then white adorned with reddish or reddish- 

 brown scales formed by the breaking up of the cuticle, the central part 

 or disk colored like the scales. Gills close, free, white. Stem slender, 

 hollow, equal, smooth or silky-fibrillose below the ring, whitish. Rin^ 

 small, white. Spores oblong or narrowly subelliptical, 5-7x3-4/1. 



Plant 1-2 in. high. Pileus .5-1.5 in. broad. Stem 1-2 lines thick. 



Grassy places and borders of woods. June to September. 



This species is easily known by its small size and the crested appear- 

 ance of the white pileus, an appearance produced by the orbicular un- 

 ruptured portion of the cuticle that remains like a colored spot on the 

 disk. The fragments or scales are more close near this central part and 

 more distant from each other toward the margin, where they are often 

 wholly wanting. The scales are sometimes very small and almost gran- 

 ular. In very wet weather the margin of the pileus in this and some 

 other species becomes upturned or reflexed. Peck, 35th Rep. N. Y. 

 State Bot. 



Found in Woodland Cemetery, Philadelphia. June to September, 

 1897. Mcllvaine. 



Scales were appressed and slightly tinged with brown, often very 

 small. Caps of same, upturned and bare near margin. Taste sweet, 

 slightly like new meal. Odor strong. 



Cooked it is of good consistency and pleasing to taste. 



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