| Lepiota acutesquamosa would probably be
a better name for these collections, but that name has been synonymized with Lepiota aspera.
It would be interesting to compare European and American material. The variance of the annulus is remarkable -- within the
same patch it varies from solidly membranous and persistent, to
Cortinarius-like, cobwebby and evanescent. Locally this specie tends to develop deeply in a thick
bed of woodchips and I have not been able to obtain a clean collection that
shows the acutely squamulose pileus. The odor of this mushroom is like rubber. Some
Scleroderma species have that smell. Better photographs than these
should be coming after the first opportunity. |
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