. Minnesota mushrooms ... Botany; Mushrooms. 30 MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS Mycena prolifera Tufted Mycena Cap small. 1-3 cm. wide, pale yellowish to tan or brown, darker on the disk, smooth, slightlv striate at the margin, convex or itearlv flat when mature; stem slender. 5-S cm. by 2-4 mm., pale above, tan to brownish below, smooth, shining, rooted; gills adnexed. whitish; spores elliptic. S-10 X 5-7/x. The name refers to the dense tufts. In grass or on trtmks. in late summer and autumn ; excellent. Mycena vulgaris Cap verv small. 4-9 mm. wide, whitish, grayish or smoke-colored, smooth, stickv. stri
. Minnesota mushrooms ... Botany; Mushrooms. 30 MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS Mycena prolifera Tufted Mycena Cap small. 1-3 cm. wide, pale yellowish to tan or brown, darker on the disk, smooth, slightlv striate at the margin, convex or itearlv flat when mature; stem slender. 5-S cm. by 2-4 mm., pale above, tan to brownish below, smooth, shining, rooted; gills adnexed. whitish; spores elliptic. S-10 X 5-7/x. The name refers to the dense tufts. In grass or on trtmks. in late summer and autumn ; excellent. Mycena vulgaris Cap verv small. 4-9 mm. wide, whitish, grayish or smoke-colored, smooth, stickv. striate at the margin, con^'ex. depressed in the middle; stem thread-like, 2-6 cm. bv 1-2 mm., ashen or dark, stickv, tough, hollow, hairv and rooted at base;. Figure T ;\IvcE-XA i.;alericul-\ia gills decurrent. white: spores ellipsoid, 3-4 X -M- The name refers to the frequence. In groups and clusters on leaves, twigs, etc., in woods, during summer and autumn ; probably edible, but too small to be of account. The umbilicate cap and decurrent gills indicate that the proper position of this plant is in (3 m p h a 1 i a. OMPHALIA This is closely related to Mycena. but the majority of the species are easilv recognized by the decurrent gills and the typically depressed or umbilicate cap. Mycena vulgaris, however, possesses both these features, and will be sought under this genus, where it properly belongs. The species are verv small for the most part ; they are edible, but too small to be important. The name refers to the depressed or funnel-form 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 Clements, Frederic E. (Frederic Edward), 1874-1945; Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota
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