MUSHROOM GROWING 



certain quarter there is an Inclination to re- 

 strict the term somewhat, some persons re- 

 garding only the agarics, or more especially 

 the centrally stalked of these "giir'-bearing 

 fungi, under this name; so that we would 

 have the Field Agaric, or Field Mushroom, 

 the Fly Agaric or Fly Mushroom, and so 

 on, as correct terms; but then the Horn of 

 Plenty and the Edible Hydnum among 

 others would not qualify, and a new term 

 would be needed for these. In a commer- 

 cial sense, of course, the cultivated mush- 

 room, Agaricus campestris, and the allies 

 of this form are everywhere in America the 

 dominant species of interest, and usually 

 the only species of interest; so that among 

 certain classes of persons it is not strange 

 to find a tendency toward such restrictions 

 of the word as to include merely these com- 

 moner cultivated forms. Moreover, this 

 restricted use of the term is sanctioned, and 

 it is generally clear when we speak of 

 "mushrooms" in this specific sense. 

 The use of ''mushroom" as the opposite 



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