Definition of Lepiota americana

1. Noun. An agaric with a pallid cap and a stalk that is enlarged near the base.

Exact synonyms: American Parasol
Group relationships: Genus Lepiota
Generic synonyms: Lepiota

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lepiota Americana

Lepehne-Pickworth stain
Lepidium
Lepidium alpina
Lepidium sativum
Lepidobotryaceae
Lepidochelys
Lepidochelys kempii
Lepidochelys olivacea
Lepidocybium
Lepidocybium flavobrunneum
Lepidodendraceae
Lepidodendrales
Lepidothamnus
Lepidothamnus fonkii
Lepidothamnus laxifolius
Lepiota americana (current term)
Lepiota cepaestipes
Lepiota clypeolaria
Lepiota morgani
Lepiota naucina
Lepiota procera
Lepiota rhacodes
Lepiota rubrotincta
Lepiotaceae
Lepisma saccharina
Lepismatidae
Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus
Lepisosteus osseus
Lepista irina

Literary usage of Lepiota americana

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Studies of American Fungi: Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, Etc by George Francis Atkinson (1900)
"Lepiota americana. Scales and center of cap reddish or reddish brown. ... Lepiota americana Pk. Edible.—This plant is widely distributed in the United ..."

2. Review of American Chemical Research by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1906)
"When fresh fungus (Lepiota americana) is kept for some time in an ... The oxidase of Lepiota americana is much more readily soluble in water than in any ..."

3. Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio by Geological Survey of Ohio (1893)
"Sacc. Miami Valley, AP Morgan (Fl.) 3. LEPIOTA Fries. Lepiota americana Peck. Miami Valley, AP Morgan (Fl.); on sawdust in icehouse, Granville, HL Jones. ..."

4. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1902)
"... on the Boston side of Charles River near Cambridge, Massachusetts. Here, in company with Lepiota americana, and the white form of L. ..."

5. General Chemistry of the Enzymes by Hans von Euler, Thomas Henry Pope (1912)
"For the literature on this subject see Kaufmann (H., 1903, 39, 434). Chloral completely destroys oxydase (from Lepiota americana) (Kastle and ..."

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