GILL FUNGI 



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Common on stumps, logs, etc., from spring to autumn; delicious, though the 

 stems must be cooked longer than the caps to make them tender. 



Pluteus granulans Grainy Pluteus 



Cap small, 2-5 cm. wide, yellowish, yellow or brown, more or less ridged and 

 wrinkled and covered with granules, or granular-hairy, almost velvety, convex to 

 plane; stem 2-7 cm. by 2-5 mm., yellowish to brown, liairy or velvety, solid; gills 

 free, pink, broad and crowded ; spores pink, globoid, 6-8 X '^Z^- i he name refers 

 to the granular cap. 



On stumps and decaying wood, from spring to autumn; excellent. 



Pluteus admirabilis Fairy Pluteus 



Cap very small, 1-2 cm. wide, yellow-ish to brown, more or less wrinkled or 

 veined, moist or watery, smooth, striate at the margin, convex to plane, with a broad 

 disk as a rule; stem slender, 2-5 cm. by 1-2 mm., whitish or yellowish, smooth, 

 hollow ; gills free, pink, broad and close ; spores pink, subglobose, 6-8/i,. The 

 name refers to the appearance of the plant. 



On decaying wood in forest, summer and autumn ; excellent. 



EXTOLOMA 



Distinguished from Pluteus by having cap and stem continuous and the 

 gills attached. It differs from Clitopilus in having the gills sinuate, never 

 decurrent. E n t o 1 o m a corresponds to T r i c h o 1 o m a among the white-spored 

 forms, and to H e b e 1 o m a among the ocher-spored ones. All of our species are 

 ground dwellers. Nearly all of them are reputed to be poisonous or are suspected, 

 and the beginner will do well to leave them alone. The name has no clear application. 



Key to the Species 



1. Plant without a strong odor; spores globose or angled 



a. Cap large; flesh biting E. grandc 



b. Cap mediimi ; flesh not biting 



( 1 ) Cap gray Avith darker spots E. clypeatum 



(2) Cap brownish with reddish tinge E. rhodopolium 



2. Plant with a strong unpleasant odor; spores elliptic E. graveolens 



Entoloma grande Large Entoloma 



Cap large, 10-16 cm. wide, white, yellowish or brownish, smooth, convex to 

 plane, more or less wrinkled about the broad umbo; stem 10-15 cm. by 2-3 cm., 

 white, mealy above, solid ; gills adnexed to nearly free, pink, broad ; spores rosy, 

 angular, globoid, S-lO/x; odor and flavor farinaceous, but leaving a burning sensation 

 in the mouth, according to Mcllvaine. The name refers to the large size. 



On the ground in wt)ods, summer and autumn : suspected of being poisonous. 



