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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Galera tenera. Schacff. 



The Slender Galera. Edible. 



Photo by C. G. Lloyd. 

 Figure 223. Galera tenera. 



Found in richly manured lawns and pastures 

 caps, only, are good. 



Tenera is the feminine 

 form of tener, slender, deli- 

 cate. 



The pileus is somewhat 

 membranaceous, at first cone- 

 shaped, partially expanded, 

 bell-shaped, hygrophanous, 

 ochraceous when dry. 



The gills are attached to 

 the stem, crowded, rather 

 broad, ascending, cinnamon- 

 brown, the edges whitish, 

 sometimes slightly serrate. 



The stem is straight, hol- 

 low, fragile, rather shining; 

 three to four inches long, 

 equal or sometimes inclined 

 to thicken downward, of 

 nearly the same color as the 

 pileus. The spores are el- 

 liptical and a dark rust-color, 

 12-13x7/*. 



You will frequently meet 

 a variety whose cap and stem 

 are quite pubescent but 

 whose other characteristics 

 agree with G. tenera. Prof. 

 Peck calls it G. tenera var. 

 pilosella. 



It is quite common. The 



Galera lateritia. Fr. 

 The Brick-Red Galera. Edible. 



Lateritia means made of brick, from later, a brick ; so called because the caps 

 are brick-colored. 



The pileus is somewhat membranaceous, cone-shaped, then bell-shaped, obtuse, 

 even, hygrophanous. rather pale yellow when wet, ochraceous when dry. 



