nd in the open woods about Salem, Ohio. The plant is small but quite
meaty and of a pleasing quality.

_Lepiota cristatella. Pk._

Pileus thin, convex, subumbonate, minutely mealy, especially on the
margin, white disk slightly tinged with pink.

Gills close, rounded behind, free, white; stem slender, whitish, hollow;
spores subelliptical, .0002 inch long.

Mossy places in woods. October.--_Peck's Report_. No one will fail to
recognize the crested Lepiota the moment he sees it. It has many of the
ear marks of the Lepiota family.

_Lepiota granosa. Morg._

[Illustration: _Photo by C. G. Lloyd._

Plate VIII. Figure 36.--Lepiota granosa.]

Granosa means covered with granules.

The pileus is convex, obtuse or umbonate, even, radiately
rugose-wrinkled, generally even and regular on the margin,
reddish-yellow or light bay.

The gills are attached to the stem, slightly decurrent, somewhat
crowded, whitish, then reddish-yellow.

The stem is thickened at the base, tapering toward the cap, flesh of the
stem is yellow. The veil is membranous and forms a persistent ring on
the stem.

It grows on decayed wood. I found it in large quantities, and tried to
make it L. granulosa, but I found it fit better L. amianthinus, which it
resembles very closely, but it is much larger and its habit is not the
same. I was not satisfied with this description and sent the specimens
to Prof. Atkinson, who set me right. It is a beautiful plant found on
decayed wood in September and October.

_Lepiota cepaestipes. Sow._

THE ONION STEMMED LEPIOTA. EDIBLE.

[Illustration: Figure 37.--Lepiota cepaestipes. Pileus thin, white or
yellowish.]

Cepaestipes is from cepa, an onion and stipes, a stem, Pileus is thin at
first ovate, then bell-shaped or expanded, umbonate, soon adorned with
numerous minute brownish scales, which are often granular or mealy,
folded into lines on the margin, white or yellow, the umbo darker.

The gills are thin, close, free, white, becoming dingy with age or
drying.

The stem is rather long, tapering toward the apex, generally enlarged in
the middle or near the base, hollow. The ring is thin and subpersistent.
The spores are subelliptical, with a single nucleus, 8-10x5-8u.

The plants often cespitose, two to four inches high. Pileus is one to
two inches broad. It is found in rich ground and decomposing vegetable
matter. It is also found in graperies and conservatories. _Peck._

This plant derives its