Guide to the Mushrooms 101 



becoming pale witli age, absorbing moisture, tough; 

 drying, but reviving when soiked in water; margin 

 even, slightly lined in full growth, sometimes turn- 

 ing back over the cap. and wavy. 



Flesh. — Thin, white, firm, and tough. 



Gills. — Free, broad, distint, cream v- white. 



Spores. — White, elliptical. 



Stem. — -2 to 3 inches long, solid, very tough, 

 equal, straight, covered with a velvety skin, color- 

 ed like the cap. 



Ring. — None. 



Volva. — None. 



Odor. — Marked, jileasant. ^ 



Taste. — Nutty. 



Habitat. — In pastures, lawns, growing in circles 

 or in small clusters from May to November. Com- 

 mon in all sections of the United States. 



Edihh. — One of the most delicately flavored, and 

 because of its abundance, one of the most valuable 

 of our mushrooms. Stroplnria semi-globata, Nau- 

 coria pediades and Naucoria semi-orbicularis grow 

 often in company with ]\Iarasmius oreades and are 

 also edible. They may be readily distinguished by 

 their spores which in the first named are black and 

 in the second and third^ brown. 



