SOME COMMON" MUSHROOMS AND HOW TO KNOW THEM 



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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, 



Figure 10. — Lepiota naucina 



Figure 11. — Lepiota americana. (Edible) 



swollen near the base, tapering above; the ring is rather large and delicate, and 

 consequently it may disappear in old age. 



