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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



When growing under the log the upper side of the cap is against the wood and 

 it is said to be resupinate. 



The pileus is kidney-form, quite small, thin, pure white, covered with a soft 

 whitish down. 



The gills are radiate from the point of attachment of the cap, not crowded, 

 whitish, then ferruginous from the spores. 



Figure 227. Crepidotus versutus. Natural size. Caps pure white. 



Crepidotus mollis. Schaeff. 

 Soft Crepidotus. 



The pileus is between subgelatinous and fleshy ; one to two inches broad ; 

 sometimes solitary, sometimes imbricated ; flaccid, even, smooth, reniform, sub- 

 sessile, pallid, then grayish. 



The gills are decurrent from base, crowded, linear, whitish then watery 

 cinnamon. The spores are elliptical, ferruginous, 8-9x5-6/1. 



This species is widely distributed and finite common on decayed logs and 

 stumps, from July to October. 



