CHAPTER VII. 



THE ROSY-SPORED AGARICS. 



The spores are rosy, pink, salmon colored, tlesh colored, or red- 

 dish. For analytical keys to the genera see Chapter XXII. 



PLUTEUS Fr. 



In the genus Pluteus the volva and annulus are both wanting, the 

 gills are usually free from the stem, and the stem is easily broken 



FIGURE 135. Pluteus cervinus. Cap grayish brown, or sooty, smooth or some- 

 times scaly, rarely white, stem same color, but paler; gills first white, then 

 flesh color (natural size, often larger). Copyright. 



out from the substance of the cap, reminding one in some cases of a 

 ball and socket joint. The substance of the cap is thus said to be 

 not continuous with that of the stem. The spores seen in mass are 

 flesh colored as in other genera of this subdivision of the agarics. 



Pluteus cervinus Schaeff. Edible. This is one of the very common 

 species of the higher fungi, and is also very widely distributed. It 



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