. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1044 MUSHROOM MUS IROOM Coprinus comatus, the Shaggy-mane Mushroom, or Horse-Tail, occurs in richly manured lawns or parks in early spring or late autumn. It is white in color, with a cylindrical cap 3^ in. long and 1-2 in. in diameter. The cap is very shaggy, the scales often being black in color, while the fi
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1044 MUSHROOM MUS IROOM Coprinus comatus, the Shaggy-mane Mushroom, or Horse-Tail, occurs in richly manured lawns or parks in early spring or late autumn. It is white in color, with a cylindrical cap 3^ in. long and 1-2 in. in diameter. The cap is very shaggy, the scales often being black in color, while the fills'arc at first salmon color. The rinir oti the sti 111 i-i and movable. It is "nt- t,{ ihi- lust of tlir .^ . (â â â /,,â ,ââ¢:., ,,!,.â iâ. ,//<u-i'». : : K^ -t -. â¢n ,iu>t :is the margin of the c:ip i i " '1m Coprinus micacm:. ':. _ ' ('"iniiiii-. i;rM\v< about old stumps atnl i i^i ;i - "i- i-ilnr luivii ,| .ind rotten wood. It is slii;ill< r 1 li:ili l In' l w .. -|Hri,.^ - mini- r- ated above, and tan in .clnr, ili.' ralr- \\\,\, -li-irn m the sunlight like niir:i p;.rlidr-, but thny ;ir- .^isily rubbed off or washed off by rains. Lepiota. âOf the white-spored agarics the genus Lepiota, with an annulus on the stem and the gills usu- ally free from the stem, contains sev- eral edible species. Lepiota procera^ the Parasol Mushroom, grows in pastures, sometimes in gardens. Lepiota naucina, the smooth Lepiota, grows in similar places and is entirely white. Amanita. âThe genus Amanita is closely related to Le- piota, and contains, besides several edible species, a number of poisonous ones, a few of which are deadly of all the .â Mushrooms. Amanita jiossesses the charac- ters of Lepiota, with the additional charac- v,il,f(,niiiiii;an outer ':iyri- ni' â¢,'i-eater or Ir^sri- tlii.'kness and. ours, the cap is green. In nil,. , , ,. i iiKiy be entirely white. T
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