. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. Fig. 708. Clavaria botrytes. Edible. decaying trunks or limbs. These plants belong to the genus Hydnura, and they are found only in wooded regions, usually in the presence of abundant moisture. The fungus body may consist of a very much branched structure, the branches ultimately terminating in teeth. The characteristic species are cream white and they are of good texture. The
. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. Fig. 708. Clavaria botrytes. Edible. decaying trunks or limbs. These plants belong to the genus Hydnura, and they are found only in wooded regions, usually in the presence of abundant moisture. The fungus body may consist of a very much branched structure, the branches ultimately terminating in teeth. The characteristic species are cream white and they are of good texture. The best known forms are the Coral Hydnum, H. coralloides, and the Satyr's Beard, H. erinaceus. There are also two important members of this genus which have an irregular umbrella shape, the lower surface of the pileus in these cases being studded with teeth (Fig. 709). Both species are edible and of good flavor. They are frequently found in unusual abundance in mountain woods, in situations favorable for the Clavarias above men- tioned, in the late summer and early autumn. If there is one group of the fleshy fungi well known to all who have had opportunities to know the products of the pasture and meadow, this group is that of the puffbalLs. The puffballs are all edible, and many of the larger species are some of the most valuable of our fleshy fungi. If collected and used when the flesh is white, discarded always when old, or when the flesh has begun to change in color, no suspicious or injurious qualities can be assigned to this group. The larger species are sometimes very abundant, and a single plant may famish a delicate accessory dish for a whole family. Among the valuable species several may be mentioned. Calvafia cyathiforme, the beaker- shaped pufFball, is common in pastures throughout the United States. It is a plant of the early autumn, and is most abundant when the season is moist and cool. It is a favorite food of insects, but since the latter are comparatively inactiv
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