. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1901. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. 40 THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURlSi neath the cap serve the important purpose of affording surface for the development of spore-bearing cells (basidia) known collect- ively as the hymenium. The cap or pilous is sometimes styled the hymenophore be- cause of its bearing- the hymenium. The spores shed from the basidia are of different sizes, shapes and colors, and afford import- ant features for the determination of species. For instance, the family agaricaceae has been divided into five series, viz., leucos- porae, rhodos


. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1901. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. 40 THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURlSi neath the cap serve the important purpose of affording surface for the development of spore-bearing cells (basidia) known collect- ively as the hymenium. The cap or pilous is sometimes styled the hymenophore be- cause of its bearing- the hymenium. The spores shed from the basidia are of different sizes, shapes and colors, and afford import- ant features for the determination of species. For instance, the family agaricaceae has been divided into five series, viz., leucos- porae, rhodosporae, etc., according to the (i) Agaricus Campestris, or Meadow Mushroom—This is the best known of all our mushrooms and the one usually culti- vated artificially. Fig. 1990 presents agroup in different stages of development. The second specimen from the left is one in the young or button stage. There is no volva or universal veil surrounding it, as illustrated in Fig. 1988; but there is a partial veil connect- ing the cap with the stem, and leaving when ruptured by the growth of the plant a ring or remnants of a ring upon the stem. The ^t!; 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 St. Catharines, E. S. Leavenworth


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