114 MUSHKOOMS. 



White. 



firm and white. Stem white, 2 to 4 inches 

 long, 1^ to ^ inch thick, firm, smooth, a 

 little hairy at the base, and attached eccen- 

 trically to the cap. Gills white with a yellow 

 hue, broad, rounded near the stem, slightly 

 adnexed and not crowded. It was found in 

 October, and is not common. 



PLEUROTUS SAPIDUS = agreeable to taste. 

 The Palatable Pleurotus. 



This species generally grows in clusters with 

 the stem united at the base. Our specimen 

 grew on a maple tree. The plants protruded 

 from a large crack in the trunk of a tree, about 

 four feet above the ground, and grew one above 

 the other. They had not attained their full 

 growth. During former seasons they had been 

 seen of a large size. Pileus is from 2 to 5 

 inches broad, grayish-white, smooth. Caps 

 often overlap one another. Flesh is white. 

 Gills broad, whitish, decurrent, and often 

 slightly connected by oblique branches. Stem 

 is generally short and lateral. It grew in 

 October. Professor Peck says that in edible 

 qualities it resembles the oyster mushroom, P. 

 ostreatus. 



