Bulletin . he color is dirty white, sometimes becomingdarker with age, and the surface is covered with numerous downyscales. Fragments of the inner veil are often found hanging to themargin of the cap. The gills are attached td the stem l)ut have a tendency to breakaway from it at maturity. They are at first gray, then dark spores are blackish with a purplish tinge. The stem is 3 to 8 cm. ( i to 3 inches) long, fleshy, soft, and col-ored like the cap. The ring is near the base of the stem and is verydelicate, sometimes scarcely noticeable. There is no volva. This is an excellent edib
Bulletin . he color is dirty white, sometimes becomingdarker with age, and the surface is covered with numerous downyscales. Fragments of the inner veil are often found hanging to themargin of the cap. The gills are attached td the stem l)ut have a tendency to breakaway from it at maturity. They are at first gray, then dark spores are blackish with a purplish tinge. The stem is 3 to 8 cm. ( i to 3 inches) long, fleshy, soft, and col-ored like the cap. The ring is near the base of the stem and is verydelicate, sometimes scarcely noticeable. There is no volva. This is an excellent edible species. The taste is exactly like thatof the mushroom on which it grows. For this reason, any one whois fond of the flavor of the shaggy-mane and yet prefers his mush-rooms plain-fried, may consider himself very fortunate if he finds theparasitic Stropharia, since the coprini are not firm enough to fry nicelywhile Stropliaria cpimyces is. Collected in Champaign county. 495Platk CXIV ^ o •«>• e a. 496 The Semiglobosic Stropharia (Edibi^e)Sfraplhiria scinicjlolnifa Batsch This is a common and widely distributed mushroom. It grows ondung and on the ground on rich lawns, pastures, and other grassyplaces which have been recently manured, and may be looked for dur-ing wet weather from April to November. The plants are usuallyscattered, but sometimes grow in clusters, and occasionally two orthree may be found joined together at the base. The cap is I to 7 cm. (.5 to 3 inches) broad. In the smaller speci-mens the cap is almost perfectlv hemispherical; in larger specimensit is more nearly flat. It is smooth but sticky when moist. It is ratherthin at the margin but thicker and fleshy at the center, and the coloris usually light yellow though occasionally it is nearly white or quitedark. The gills are very broad and are attached squarely against tlie become nearly black but are sometimes more or less mottled withlighter and darker spots. The spores are blackish purpl
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