GILL FUNGI 13 



Key to the Species 



1. Ring movable, large; caps large, usually more than 10 



cm. 



a. Gills white or whitish ; flesh white L. proccra 



b. Gills greenish ; flesh becoming reddish when cut L. inorgani 



2. K.ing usually fixed, often disappearing when old; caps 



medium to small 



a. Cap white to yellow, without conspicuous scales 



(1) Cap white to buff, smooth L. nauiina 



(2) Cap white to yellow, mealy with tiny brown 



scales ; margin folded L. ccpacstipcs 



(3) Cap white, with a dense mealy down; margin not 



folded L. farinosa 



b. Cap tawny to reddish brown, with marked reddish or 



brownish scales 

 (1) Flesh becoming reddish when cut or dried L. ainrr'u-ana 



( 2 ) Flesh persistently white or whitish 



(a) Ring large; cap woolly, rough with erect acute 



scales L. acuti-squanwsa 



(b) Ring small, line-like or disappearing 



X. Ring small, disappearing ; cap with reddish- 

 brown flat scales ; gills free L, cristata 



y. Ring line-like, cap reddish-vellow, scales grain- 

 like ; gills touching L. granulosa 



Lepiota procera Parasol Mushroom 



Cap large, 6-15 cm. wide, grayish-brown to brown at tlie center or umbo, the 

 surface breaking into large brownish scales except at the center , bell-shaped or con- 

 ^'ex to plane; stem tall, slender, 12-25 cm. by 4-8 mm., paler than the cap, en- 

 larged at the base, cracked or scaly, hollow or stuffed , ring large, movable, whitish 

 brown; gills free, whitish, broad, crowded; spores white, elliptic, 12-18X8" 

 lOf;,. The name refers to the tall stem. 



Common in late summer and autumn, in grasslands, pastures, lawns, roadsides, 

 etc., or in opjen woodlands. Gdor pleasant ; flavor delicious ; especially adapted tn 

 drying for winter use. 



Lepiota morgani Green Gill 



Cap very large, 15-30 cm. wide, white or whitish with many brownish or 

 yellowish scales, especially toward the disk, convex to expanded or upturned ; stem 

 tall, stout, 15-35 cm. by 2-3 cm., whitish, somewhat bulbous at base, smooth, stuft'ed ; 

 flesh white becoming reddish or yellowish when wounded ; gills free, white, 

 then turning green, crowded; spores ovate or ellipsoid, greenish, 10-12 X '-8/x. 

 'J'he name refers to the discoverer. Professor Morgan. 



