Mycologia (Volume 1) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909. Excerpt: ... MYCOLOGIA Vol. I March, 1909 No. 2 ILLUSTRATIONS OF FUNGI--II William A. Murrill The species shown on the accompanying plate are all edible and abundant, most of them occurring on lawns or in pastures throughout this country and Europe. Agaricus campestris L. Common Mushroom Plate 3. Figure 1. X i Pileus 5-9 cm. broad, convex to expanded, dry, silky and whitish or floccose-squamulose and light reddish-brown, the color being chiefly in the scales; flesh white, thick, solid, of mild flavor, sometimes becoming reddish when broken; gills free, rounded behind, ventricose, crowded, white when young, becoming salmon-pink, and finally purplish-brown or blackish; spores ellipsoid, smooth, dark-brown, 10-12t1. long; ring delicate, inconspicuous, formed from a thin, white veil, which covers the gills in their younger stages; stem smooth, white, cylindrical, nearly equal, stuffed within, 3-6 cm. long, 1.5-2 cm. thick. The common mushroom occurs in low grass on meadows or on rich, moist upland pastures, being common after rains from August to October in this latitude. The " spawn," or vegetative portion, is hidden in the soil and feeds upon the dead organic matter found therein. In the cultivation of this species, bricks of spawn are planted in suitable soil and the conditions of growth attended to with great care. This is the mushroom usually found in market, either in the fresh stage or in cans. Most persons mycologia for January, 1909 (1: 1-36), was issued 27 F 1909. who collect fungi for food in the fields limit themselves to this one species. Pluteus cervinus (Schaeff.) Fries Fawn-colored Pluteus Plate 3. Figure 2. X i Pileus 6-10 cm. broad, rather thin and fragile, bell-shaped to expanded, smooth or slightly radiate-fibrillose, avellaneous to sub fuliginous, rar...