24 MUSHROOMS. 



MANNER OF GROWTH. 



Fungi are either solitary, grow in clusters, 

 in groups, or in rings and arcs of circles. 



The species called the Fairy mushroom, 

 Marasmius oreades, is the most familiar of all 

 those that grow in rings. Besides this there 

 is the Horse mushroom, Agaricus arvensis ; 

 the Chantarelle, Cantharellus cibarius ; the 

 Giant mushroom, Clitocybe maximus, and St. 

 George's mushroom, Tricholoma gambosa. The 

 latter species is reproduced in rings every year. 

 It is a popular saying that when the ring is 

 unbroken there will be a plentiful harvest the 

 following season. It is an early mushroom, 

 appearing in April. It derives its name from 

 the fact of its appearing about April 23d, 

 which is St. George's day in the English cal- 

 endar. Besides these mushrooms there is an- 

 other Tricholoma, T. tigrinus, the Tiger mush- 

 room, which sometimes appears in circles. The 

 word tigrinus means a tiger. The cap is varie- 

 gated with dark brown spots, hence the name. 

 Then there is the Limp Clitocybe, C. flaccida, 

 so called because flaccida means limp. It also 

 appears in rings (according to Stevenson), 

 while the stems are united under the soil. 



