I am pretty sure I found sharp scaled Lepiota. Whats good to know about this mushroom?

There are quite a few toxic look alikes...
Also known as Lepiota aspera.

does it look like this?

kinda but the stem was not so scaly and the gills were crowed.

good because thats a deadly poisonous cousin of the scaly lepiota. theres about 10 others that look similar and a couple amanitas

thanks alot! what are those mushrooms called?

Lepiota josserandii

Outside of Chlorophyllum rachodes (Shaggy Parasol) and Macrolepiota procera (Parasol mushroom) and
Leucoagaricus americanus, I wouldnt recommend any Lepiotas( or leucoagaricus/chlophyllum clade mushrooms) for the table.
The risks are too great, identification requires a microscope...and to be honest the payoff in terms of eating just isnt there.

The first two mushrooms I mentioned...The Shaggy Parasol and the Parasol are both delicious...typically the Shaggy is mycorhyzal with pine , spruce or fir, while generally the Parasol is mycorhyzal with hardwoods. Both of these mushrooms maintain a symbiotic relationship with ants as well, and therefore seem to do better in suburban environments. I dont think I have ever found the Shaggy parasol in woods...the Parasol I have on many occasions though.

Leucoagaricus americanus ( usually listed in fieldguides under the old name Lepiota americanus or Reddening Lepiota) is good to eat....but will harmlessly turn your pee red. It too has found its niche in man made environments and can be easily found on woodchips or piles of woodchips. I have literally seen it fruit by the hundreds at landscape centers on piles of woodchips.

I have eaten a couple other Lepiota clade mushrooms, and I dont encourage it. None were tasty or memorable.

The Shaggy Parasol and Parasol are incredible marinated for 10 minutes in a little olive oil,garlic,balsamic vinegar, fresh thyme and salt and pepper and then grilled. HappyTrails a member at Franks Bannomatic Board was a master at finding them and like to use the mushroom as a pizza crust and cook them on the grill this way....which I have never tried but other members did and raved about it.

thanks

Thanks for the information :) GraysRDbest!