Sept. 1906] North American Species of Lepiota 
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fibrous-stuffed, white above the irregular annulus, below white- 
fibrillose, with or without some colored scales, arising from a 
bulbous base; the bulb depressed and marginate. Lamellae nar¬ 
row, closely crowded, white, some of them forked, obtuse behind 
and tapering outward, free; spores obtuse or truncate at one 
end, pointed at the other, 5-8 x 3 mic. 
Growing about old stumps and the base of trees in woods. 
Cuba. Wright; Preston, O. Pileus 5-9 cm. in diameter, the 
stipe 5-10 cm. long and 6-10 mm. thick above the marginate 
bulb. 
32. LEPIOTA ASPERULA Atkinson, Mushrooms. 
1901. Lepiota eriophora Peck. Bull. Torr. Club. 1903. 
Pileus fleshy, convex then expanded and explanate; the flesh 
thin, white; the dermis a thick fibrous coat, alutaceous to umber, 
at first densely scaly, the scales at length erected into pointed 
warts; the veil lacerate; appendiculate. Stipe subequal above 
the bulbous base, fistulous, fibrous-stuffed, below the annulus 
floccose-fibrillose and colored as the pileus. Lamellae rather nar¬ 
row, white, tapering inward, free; spores oblong, obliquely 
apiculate, 3-5 x 2-3 mic. 
Growing in rich soil in woods. New York, Atkinson; W. 
Virginia, Lloyd; Preston, O. Pileus 3-5 cm. in diameter, the 
stipe 4-6 cm. long and 3-5 mm. thick. The bulb at the base 
seems larger on account of the adherent soil and mycelium. I 
have heretofore called this species Lepiota hispida Lasch. 
33 . LEPIOTA FUSCOSQUAMEA Peck, 26 N. Y. Re- 
port 1873 and 35 N. Y. Report. 
Pileus fleshy, hemispherical or convex subumbonate; the 
flesh thin, white; the dermis consisting of numerous, substri- 
gose, erect or reflexed, blackish-brown scales; the veil slight, 
evanescent. Stipe short, equal above the bulbous base, fistulous, 
fibrous-stuffed, floccose-fibrillose and colored as the pilehs. La¬ 
mellae close, free, white; the spores elliptic-oblong, 6-8 x 3-4 mic. 
Growing in Pine and Hemlock woods. New York, Peck . 
Pileus 4-6 cm. in diameter, the stipe 5-7 cm. long and 6-8 mm. 
thick. A rare plant! 
34. LEPIOTA ACERINA Peck. 51 N. Y. Rep. 1897. 
Pileus subglobose, then convex and expanded; the flesh thin, 
white; the dermis at first a thin, dense, fibrous coat, tawny, 
darker in the center, separating at length into fibrillose scales ; the 
veil lacerate appendiculate. Stipe short fibrous-stuffed, fibril- 
lose-scaly, rufescent, the base bulbous. Lamellae rather broad, 
white, obtuse behind, approximate; spores pointed at one end, ob¬ 
tuse or truncate at the other, 8-10x3-4 mic. 
Growing on rotten wood in woods. New York, Peek, Pres¬ 
ton, O. Pileus 1.5-2.5 cm. in diameter, the stipe 2-4 cm. long 
and 2-4 mm. thick. Apparentlv much resembling L. Boudieti 
Bres., especially as to the spores. 
