"This is a small species with a short stem and granular reddish-yellow pileus, and gills slightly attached to the stem. The annulus is very small and fugacious, being little more than the abrupt termination to the coating of the stem. The species was formerly made to include several varieties which are now regarded as distinct."—Peck's Report.
Found 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.
Photo by C. G. Lloyd.