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LEPIOTA 
(Gr. lepis , a scale—from the scaly pileus and stem) 
L. procera ( procera , tall), “ Parasol.” Plate XV. i. 
P. 4-9 in., cylindrically ovate at first, expanded at 
maturity, with a broad and prominent umbo ; cuticle brown, 
broken up into broad flat scales, their interstices whitish. 
F. rather thick, tough, always white. G. quite free from 
the stem, crowded, whitish. S. 5-8 in., ^ in. thick, hollow, 
swollen below, firm, somewhat cartilaginous, blotched with 
brown scales, inserted into the flesh of the pileus as into 
a socket, from which it may be detached and replaced. 
R. large, persistent, at maturity becoming free and slipping 
down the stem. Common in sum. and ant. in open pastures, 
etc.; usually in troops or in rings. Smell, pleasant. It 
makes good ketchup. 
L. rachodes (Gr. rakos , a ragged garment—from the ragged 
pileus) differs from the above in the perfectly even, not at all 
scaly, stem, and the thicker white flesh of the pileus, which 
becomes tinged red w T hen broken. Chiefly under firs. 
L. Friesii (after Elias Fries) differs from L. procera in the 
fixed ring and smaller tomentose scales of the pileus. 
L. prominens (from the prominent umbo) is very distinct 
in the remarkably prominent umbo and abruptly bulbous 
stem. 
L. Badhami (after C. D. Badham) occurs usually under 
yews and in hedges; distinctive in the saffron-red flesh 
when bruised. P. minutely scaly. 
L. emplastrum (from the plaster-like scales) also becomes 
red when bruised, but differs from L. Badhami in the 
glabrous pileus becoming broken up into large irregular 
persistent patches. 
L. cristata (from the scaly - crested pileus). Plate 
XXXVI. I. 
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