CLASSIFICATION OF A.GARK 



Gregarious. Grass ound, in pastures, fields, roadsides, and 

 parks. Ann Arbor, Marquette, New Richmond, etc. Septeml 

 November. Common throughout the State. i:<lii> 



(Dried: Gills pale cinnamon-brown to amber, pileus nnoi 

 buff, stem buff tinged umber or fuscous-brown.) 



It seems to be agreed thai there is an European planl like ohm 

 wiili elliptical spores. I Beardslee, Jour. Mycs., Vol. L3, p. 27, 190 

 Whether there is also one in Europe w iili uniformly globular spo 

 is as yel uncertain. (Morgan, -i < • 1 1 r. Mycs., Vol. 13, p. 10. 

 species will probably !><• known henceforth as /.. naucina instead of 

 /.. naucinoides Pk., a name it has held so long. The spores varj 

 markably in some individuals, while in others they are quite con- 

 stant. All our specimens had mostly elliptical-oval spores; in some 

 cases ;i few spheroid spores were present, but Buch occur in other 

 mushrooms, and must be considered abnormal. This is one of the 

 besl mushrooms t'« h- the table. Its white uills and veil when young 

 might lead the novice to think it to he an Amanita. The stem is 

 firmer and lacks remnants <>f a rolva, and the gills turn brown when 

 heated or toasted, while in Amanita they remain white'* i Mcllvaii 

 It is not infested by larvae, and some method of cultivation is 

 awaited eagerly by mushroom gardners, Lepiota ewcoriata I 

 as figured by Bresadola, has the same general appearance, but difj 

 in the torn surface of the cap neai- its margin, in the bulblel at the 

 base of the stem and in the much larger spores, which measure i:> it 

 \ '.» micr. 



Armillaria FY. 

 I From the Lat in, armiUa, a ring 



White-spored. Stem continuous with the hymenophore, provide 

 with an annulus. Volva none. Gills adnexed, adnate or decurr< 

 partly \\ ith a di\ erging trama. 



Fleshy, often compact, firm mushrooms; either terr. 

 wood ; mostly autumnal. 



The PILEUS is either viscid or <\\->. glabrous or Bcaly, often pi 

 \ided with a separable pellicle; the surf imetimef 1 in 



dry weather. Mos1 of the rarer Bpecies are large and - 

 pileus of dull slink olor: whitish, yellowish, brownis 



dish. The margin ed. Tl 



some species represent the broken cuticle wi ith 



the veil but coi The < ' ILLS a 



