. The mushroom book : a popular guide to the identification and study of our commoner fungi, with special emphasis on the edible varieties . Mushrooms; Mushrooms, Edible; Cookery (Mushrooms); cbk. Fungi with Gills Gills or Lajnella:—Closely placed, side by side. Whitish, or tinged with yellow. The inner extremity remote from the stem. Spores—White, elliptical. Flesh—White, soft, and dry. Time—July to September. Habitat—Thin woods, pastures, and by roadsides. The specific name, Procera, from the Latin procera (tall), refers to the length of the stem. There is no poisonous species for which it c
. The mushroom book : a popular guide to the identification and study of our commoner fungi, with special emphasis on the edible varieties . Mushrooms; Mushrooms, Edible; Cookery (Mushrooms); cbk. Fungi with Gills Gills or Lajnella:—Closely placed, side by side. Whitish, or tinged with yellow. The inner extremity remote from the stem. Spores—White, elliptical. Flesh—White, soft, and dry. Time—July to September. Habitat—Thin woods, pastures, and by roadsides. The specific name, Procera, from the Latin procera (tall), refers to the length of the stem. There is no poisonous species for which it can be mistaken if one bears in mind that it has a long stem with bulbous base, a peculiarly spotted cap with dark apex, and a broad basin about the insertion of the stem. Smooth Lepiota (Edible) Lepiota naucinoides Cap or Pileus—Smooth, white ; rarely the central part of the cap is tinged with a smoky hue. 2-4 inches broad. Stem or Stipe—Coloured like the cap ; thickened at the base. Hollow or webby. 2-} inches long. Veil or Annulus—White. Exter- nal edge generally thicker than the inner ; often mov- able on the stem. Gills or Lamella—White when young ; when old, pinkish or smoky brown. Rounded at the inner extremity and not attached to the stem. Narrower toward the stem than in the middle. Spores—White, sub-elliptical. Flesh—Thick, white, and ten- der. Time—August—November. The smooth lepiota resembles the chalk agaric {Agaricus cretaceous), which has brown spores, and the meadow mush- Nau'-ipln-oi'-des 64. Section of L. naucinoides. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Marshall, Nina L. (Nina Lovering). New York : Doubleday, Page
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