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(Plate CLXXXVIII.) 



This variety differs from the type (see Amanitopsis volvata, page 31) 

 in its purer white glabrous pileus, its long stem and in having the bulb 

 deeply buried in the ground. The remains of the ruptured volva are 

 generally more closely pressed about the base of the stem than in the 

 species, in which the bulb is above or just at the surface of the ground. 

 In both forms the lamellae change color in drying, becoming much 

 darker than when fresh. The stem is from four to six inches long. 

 Sometimes the pileus is adorned by one or two small fragments of the 

 volva which adhere to it. Peck. 



Great care should be taken in establishing the true specific status of 

 the specimens if inclined to test the edibility of this variety. Should 

 there be the least semblance of an annulus in any specimen, beware! 



Lepiota clypeolaria (Bull.) Fr. Pk. Rep., 1900: 173. Shield Lep- 

 iota. ( PI. CLXXXVIII. ) Pileus thin, soft, convex or subcampanulate, 

 becoming nearly plane, obtuse or umbonate, squamose, whitish or yel- 

 lowish, the center or umbo smooth, yellow- 

 ish or brownish, the margin often appen- 

 diculate with fragments of the veil. Flesh 

 white. Lamellae thin, close, free, white. 

 Stem slender, equal or slightly tapering 

 upward, hollow, fragile, pallid, adorned 

 with soft, loose, white or yellowish floccose 

 scales or filaments. Spores oblong or sub- 

 fusiform, 12 2O/A long, 6 8/>. broad. 



The cap of the shield lepiota is at first 

 somewhat ovate or bell-shaped, but with 

 advancing age it becomes convex above 

 or nearly flat. It is white or whitish, but 

 spotted with numerous small scales of a 

 )-ellowish or brownish-yellow color. These 

 scales are the result of the breaking up of 

 the thin cuticle that covers the very young 



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plant, and they have the same color as it. 

 A small space in the center is brown or yellowish brown, or darker than 

 the rest of the cap, because the cuticle covering it remains unbroken 

 and retains its color. The center in some specimens is more prominent 

 than in others, giving what is called an umbonate cap. The margin of 



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