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LEPIOTA AMERICANA. AMERICAN LEPIOTA. (EDIBLE) 
(Fig. 11) 
In this species the cap is ovate, then convex, expanded, umbonate, the umbo 
and scales reddish brown; the flesh is white, becoming reddish if cut or bruised ; 
the gills are white, ventricose, close, free; the stem is white, hollow, smooth, 
FiIGgureE 11.—Lcpiota americana. (Edible) 
swollen near the base, tapering above; the ring is rather large and delicate, and 
consequently it may disappear in old age. 
