. Minnesota mushrooms ... Botany; Mushrooms. GILL FUNGI the hands, hemispheric to plane; stem tall, 8-20 cm. by 8-12 mm., white, solid, bulbous, with a root-like extension, more or less scaly like the cap, ring torn, more or less appressed, v o 1 v a scaly, disappearing; gills free or touching, white; spores elliptic, 10 X 7m- '''he name refers to its habit of growing solitary, though this is not universal. Common in woodland and grassland from July to October; said to bi- ediljle, but it is dangerous on account of its re- semblance to poisonous Amanitas and every one should avoiil all risk bv
. Minnesota mushrooms ... Botany; Mushrooms. GILL FUNGI the hands, hemispheric to plane; stem tall, 8-20 cm. by 8-12 mm., white, solid, bulbous, with a root-like extension, more or less scaly like the cap, ring torn, more or less appressed, v o 1 v a scaly, disappearing; gills free or touching, white; spores elliptic, 10 X 7m- '''he name refers to its habit of growing solitary, though this is not universal. Common in woodland and grassland from July to October; said to bi- ediljle, but it is dangerous on account of its re- semblance to poisonous Amanitas and every one should avoiil all risk bv leav- ing it entirely alone. Amanita caesarea Caesar's Mushroom Cap large, 7-20 cm. wide, reddish, orange or vellow, smooth but beautifulh' striate toward the margin, o\-ate to convex or expanded; stem 10-20 cm., tall, vel- low or orange, soulewliat si-alv below the ring, hollow, ' scarcely enlarged below, ring yelloV or orange, large, collar- like, hanging, y o 1 v a wliite, large and sack-like ; gills free, v;;llow ; s p o r e s elliptic, 8-10/j,. The name ]jrobablv re- fers to the large size and tlie luautv of this plant. Rare in o])en woods ; easih' mis- taken for the deadh" Mv mushroom and always to be a\'oided exce;}t by tlie ex- pert. Amanita rubescens Reddening Amanita Cap large, 8-12 cm. wide, dull red- P'iguke 3. Am.\xit.\ soLirAkiA dish, becoming paler in age, the surface Datigerous! roughened with many cottony grayish scales, ovoid to convex, then expanded; stem stout, 10-15 cm. tall, 2(1-25 nmi. thick, dull reddish, reddening when touched or bruised, ring large, superior, white. V o 1 V a showing only as a few fragments, readily disappearing from the upper part of the bulbous base of the stem ; gills shining white, touching the stem with lines running clown it; spores ellipsoid, 7-9/j,. The name refers to the characteristic reddening of the flesh. Infrequent in forest and woodland from June to October; edible but always to be avoided except by the expert who
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