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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



The stem is two to three inches or more long; stuffed or hollow, tapering 

 upward slightly from a swollen base; below the ring rough or silky, pruinose 

 above, ring large. The spores are 7-8X4/X. 



They are found in the woods, in gardens, and frequently in greenhouses. 

 There is a slight difference between the specimens growing in the woods and 

 those in the greenhouse. In the latter the pubescent covering is less dense and 

 the erect scales are more numerous than in the former. In older specimens these 

 scales fall off and leave small scars on the cap where they were attached. The 

 specimens in Figure 38 were gathered in Michigan and were photographed by 

 Dr. Fisher of Detroit. 



Arm Maria. Fr. 



Armillaria, from armilla, a bracelet referring to the ring upon the stem. 

 This genus differs from all the foregoing white-spored species in having the 

 gills attached to the stem by their inner extremity. The spores are white and the 

 stem has a collar, though a somewhat evanescent one, but no wrapper at the base 

 of the stem as in the Amanita and Amanitopsis. By the collar the genus differs 

 from the other srenera which are to follow. 



Figure 39. Armillaria mellea. Two-thirds natural size. Honey colored. Tufted with dark-hrown fugitive 



hairs. Flesh white. 



