Bulletin . free from the stem, and crowded close to-gether. They are at first white, but when the spores begin to ripenthe gills become dark, then black, and finally they dissolve into aninky fluid which falls from the cap in drops. The spores are black. The stem is sometimes very short but may be as much as 25 cm.(10 inches) long, the upper portion being concealed within the is nearly cylindrical, but usually tapers slightly upward, and is some-times bulbous at the base. It is hollow, brittle, smooth or with someloose fibers on the surface, white or nearly so, and very easily pulledout
Bulletin . free from the stem, and crowded close to-gether. They are at first white, but when the spores begin to ripenthe gills become dark, then black, and finally they dissolve into aninky fluid which falls from the cap in drops. The spores are black. The stem is sometimes very short but may be as much as 25 cm.(10 inches) long, the upper portion being concealed within the is nearly cylindrical, but usually tapers slightly upward, and is some-times bulbous at the base. It is hollow, brittle, smooth or with someloose fibers on the surface, white or nearly so, and very easily pulledout of the cap. The ring is thin and usually movable. In matureplants it is apt to be found lying on the ground at the base of the stemor it may have disappeared altogether. There is no volva. This is a most excellent edible species. Many people consider itmuch better than the cultivated mushroom. It is one of the best forstewing or for cooking with meat. Collected in Champaign county. U 479Plate C\I o o•«. 480 The Inky-cap Mushroom (Edible)Coprinns atrauicutarhis (Bull.) Fries The inky-cap is not so pretty as the shaggy-mane, but it occursunder much the same conditions in lawns, parks, and other grassyplaces, especially if the soil has been richly manured. It grows eithersingly or in clusters, sometimes only two or three in a cluster but moreoften ten to twenty or more. The growth of a large cluster of thesemushrooms exhiliits considerable force, and will lift a very firmlysodded soil. The cap is 3 to lo cm. (i to 4 inches) broad. It is at first egg-shaped or oval but it becomes expanded as it melts away into an inkyfluid. The cap is soft and very tender and the surface is either smoothor scaly. The margin is usually more or less conspicuously ribbedand often is irregularly notched. The color varies from silvery grayto smoky brown. The gills are broad and very close together. They are at firstcreamy white, then pinkish gray, and finally they become black anddissolve into an in
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