Lepiota

= Lepiota naucina = Fr. (_Lepiota naucinoides_ Pk.,

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886

They include Boletus xanthacyaneus, Cortinarius boudieri v. pseudoarcuatus, Cortinarius pelargoniobtusus, Lepiota foruignoni and Lycoperdon velatum.

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Lepiota, L. cristata, has a powerful smell of radishes.

Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin

-- Lepiota procera, pileus convex, umbonate; annulus free, movable; gills free.

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886

The scales, however, are concrete with the pileus, and the species appears to show a closer relationship with _Lepiota_.

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886

But in the case of most species of _Amanita_, certain species of _Lepiota_, _Collybia_, etc., a trowel is necessary to get up the base of the plant in such a way as to preserve essential characters.

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886

In this way _Lepiota procera_ is most delicious of all mushrooms; but if cooked in moist heat, it becomes soft, but tough and unpalatable; if baked too long, it becomes dry and leathery.

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886

_Lepiota angustana_ Britz. is identical, and according to Morgan _L. miamensis_ Morgan is a white form of _L. angustana_.

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886

The stem is easily separable from the pileus at its junction, in this respect being similar to _Amanita_, _Amanitopsis_, _Lepiota_ and others.

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886

Some of the species resemble very closely certain species of _Amanita_ or _Lepiota_, but can be distinguished by the firm continuity of the substance of the stem and cap.

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886