. Minnesota mushrooms ... Botany; Mushrooms. 46 MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS Marasmius oreades Fairy-ring Mushroom Cap small. 2-5 cm. \vide, reddish to tan or paler, smooth, more or less striate on the margin when wet. convex to plane or upturned: stem 2-8 cm. by 4-6 mm., whitish, smooth at the base, downy above, solid; gills free, whitish or cream- colored, broad and distant; spores ellipsoid, 7-9 X +-6//. The name refers fanci- fully to the habit of growing in fairy rings. On the ground in grass, forming rings which widen from vear to year, though the circles are often incomplete from various causes,
. Minnesota mushrooms ... Botany; Mushrooms. 46 MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS Marasmius oreades Fairy-ring Mushroom Cap small. 2-5 cm. \vide, reddish to tan or paler, smooth, more or less striate on the margin when wet. convex to plane or upturned: stem 2-8 cm. by 4-6 mm., whitish, smooth at the base, downy above, solid; gills free, whitish or cream- colored, broad and distant; spores ellipsoid, 7-9 X +-6//. The name refers fanci- fully to the habit of growing in fairy rings. On the ground in grass, forming rings which widen from vear to year, though the circles are often incomplete from various causes, apfiearing from spring to frost; delicious, especially adapted to preservation by drying. Marasmius rotula Wheel Cap Cap very small, 2-6 mm. wide, white all over, or somewhat darker on the disk; smooth, paperv, deeply furrowed, sunken in the center, more or less convex ; s t e m. Figure 26. M.\rasiMius rotlla thread-like. 2-3 cm. by ^-j-l mm., dark-brown or blackish, smooth, shining, hollow; gills few, joined behind to a collar which is free from the stem, whitish, broad and distant ; spores elliptic, 6-S X 3-4^. The name refers to the wheel-like cap. Common on leaves and twigs in forests, rarely in the soil, from spring to autumn; too small for its edibility to be of importance. Marasmius nigripes Blackstem Cap very small. 2-10 cm. wide, pure white, transparent or jellv-like, deeply furrowed, umbonate, convex to flat; stem thread-like, broader upward, 2-3 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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