150 Guide to the Mushrooms 



Habitat. — Open woods, grassy spots under trees, 

 quite common singly and in small clusters. June 

 to September. Quite common over all the United 

 States. 



Edible. — Good, either raw or cooked. 



STROBILOMYCES strobilaceous (Berk.) 



from the Greek, cone-like. 



Caj). — 2 to 4 inches broad, hemispherical, dry, 

 dingy white, covered with thick black woolly scales ; 

 margin thin, to which adheres fragments of the 

 woolly veil. 



Flesh. — Thin, firm, white changing to reddish, 

 then black when bruised. 



Tubes. — Coming up to stem (adnate) adhering 

 to flesh, long, large angular, turning like flesh from 

 dingy white to red then black. 



Spores. — Nearly round, blackish-brown. 



Stem. — 3 to inches long, up to 2 inches thick, 

 equal slightly tapering upward, clothed like the 

 pileus, with black woolly scales. 



Ring. — None, white veil adheres to margin of 

 cap. 



J^olva. — None. 



O^or.— Mild. 



Taste.— M\\d. 



Habitat. — In woods and open places common, 

 singly and in groups. July to September. Very com- 

 mon in New England; also found in central sec- 

 tion of the United States. 



Edible., 



