30 MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



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Mycena prolifera Tufted Mycena 



Cap small. 1-3 cm. wide, pale yellowish to tan or brown, darker on the disk, 

 smooth, slightly striate at the margin, convex or nearly flat when mature ; stem 

 slender, 5-8 cm. by 2-4 mm., pale above, tan to brownish below, smooth, shining, 

 rooted; gills adnexed, whitish; spores elliptic, 8-10 X 5-7^. The name refers 

 to the dense tufts. 



In grass or on trunks, in late summer and autumn : excellent. 



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Mycena vulgaris 



Cap very small, 4-9 mm. wide, w^hitish, grayish or smoke-colored, smooth, 

 sticky, striate at the margin, convex, depressed in the middle ; stem thread-like, 

 2-6 cm. bv 1-2 mm., ashen or dark, sticky, tough, hollow, hairy and rooted at base; 



Figure 17. Mycena galericulata 



gills decurrent. white ; spores ellipsoid. 3-4 X 2/j.. The name refers to the 

 frequence. 



In groups and clusters on leaves, twigs, etc., in woods, during summer and 

 autimm; probably edible, but too small to be of account. The umbilicate cap and 

 decurrent gills indicate that the proper position of this plant is in O m p h a 1 i a. 



OMPHALIA 



This is closely related to AI y c e n a, but the majority of the species are easily 

 recognized bv the decurrent gills and the typically depressed or umbilicate cap. 

 Mycena vulgaris, however, possesses both these features, and will be sought 

 under this genus, where it properly belongs. The species are very small for the 

 most part; they are edible, but too small to be important. The name refers to the 

 depressed or funnel- form cap. 



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