62 ' MycolnijlcaJ BiiUetin Xo. 16 [To/ // 



It is a white spored Agaric — the decuvrent gills, absence of volva and aiiiiuliis, 

 the texture of the stem and cap similar and the former not breaking away 

 readily irom the latter, being the characters which are peculiar to the genus 

 Cli-toc'-y-be. From one to two dozen American species have Iteen enumer- 

 ated. Many ot them have not l)eeu tested but at present only one species is 

 known to l)e iujurious. and that is precisely the one specially mentioned al)ove 

 and shtiwn in Figs. 55 and 5S. uamely, the showy Jack-my-Lauteru Fungus. 

 This is iujurious to most people, and should be tested iritli due eaiition. 

 Some correspondents claim that people have eateu it with imuiuuity. 

 Mcllvaine says ■■many eat and enjoy it". 



PLu'-TE-rs CER-vr'-xrs; Fawx-colored Plu'-te-us — This edible 

 Mushroom belongs to the Rosij -spored gxi.)\\\> of Ag'-a-rics. The genus Plu'- 

 te-us has no volva or aunulus. The stem is easily separated from the cap- 

 in i'act it is almost a regular "liall and socket" joint. The substance of the 

 cap, when the stem thus readily separates, is said to be '-not continuous" 

 with the stem; were it ■■eoutinuous with the stem" it would be difl&cult or 

 impossilde to make the separation without much injury to the tissue. "VThen 

 Plt'-te-ts cer-vi'-xus is quite young, or Itefore fully mature and ready to 

 discharge its flesh-colored spores, the gills are white but eventually take (m 

 the characteristic pinkish color, and its positive identification is tlicu possilde. 

 The cap is grayish lirown, or sometimes sooty, but some forms of the plant 

 are entirely white and only the gills show a coloration. It grows on the 

 ground from underground rotten wood, on stumps, logs, etc., and may be 

 found from early Spring to late Autumn. 



Spore-color in A(;'-a-rics. — Beginners might be reminded that the 

 A;/(iries are the (Ull-Miislirooms. and that they may be grouped according to 

 the color of the spores. A spi)re-priut (see p. 10) shnuld lie male on white 

 paper (but for spores that are probal)ly white, use colored paper); then the 

 Mushroom can, from the color of the spore mass, be placed in one of the fol- 

 lowing groups: White-spared. Oehre-spored. Itosy-sjiored, Brown-spored or 

 Blcick-spored. 



KosY-spoREii A(i'-A-Rics. — This group is not so largely represented 

 in our Mushroom flora as the White-spored section. Plu'-te-us, shown in 

 I'ig. 59, belongs here — this being the flrst member of this group illustrated so 

 far in the Bulletin. Some other genera belonging here are Clau'-uo-pus, 

 Vol-va'-ri-a, En-to-lo'-ma, Cli-top'-i-lu>s. In Olau'-do-pus alone is the 

 stem ec-cen'-tric (not in the center) or wanting and the pileus lateral; Yol- 

 va'-ri-a has a rol'-ra; in Eu-to-lo'-ma the spores are aiKjuJar: in case of Cli-top'- 

 i-lus thcgills are r?e-c«/-'-;7'M/. It is liopinl tluit photos may be obtained of 

 some of these interesting Toadstools for reproduction in the Bulletin. 



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Mr. Will. (', Hiiti-s. Xcwloii. .Muss. Prof. Thus. .\. licinsrr. Spiikiiiif, Wasli. 



Russell V. Ituttliis. St. Louis. Mo. .Mr. C. L. Bootli. Olierliii, O. 



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Prof. C. E. liessev, Uiiiversitv of Xeliruska. .Mrs. M. M. liovee. Chieimo, 111. 



Dr. (;. X. Best. Roseiiioiit. X.'.I. Dr. .1. F. lirenkie. Kulm, X. 1). 



Prof. Wade l!ev.-rlev. Cliillieollie, O. .Mrs. Win. II. liretl, Cleveland. O. 



lliirrr A. liird.'Plairilield X. .1. !•'. .M. Iirii;liaiii. Toleilo, O. 



Prof.'.Ioliii <;. lilaek. Woosler. (>. II. ( '. liricliniii. Toledo, (». 



Mrs. E. a niaekford. Hostoii Miis. Pine Arls. Miss Hiilli E. lirockell. Rio (iraiid.'. O. 



Prof. I). (;. Bliss, .VrliiiL'ton. X. .1. Prof. Clias. Brookover. Biudilel Collea-e. 



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