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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Figure 264. Hypholoma laclirymabundtini. 



to the stem, notched, crowded, 

 somewhat ventricose, unequal, 

 whitish, then brown-purple, dis- 

 tilling- minute drops of dew in 

 wet weather or in the morn- 

 ing 



The stem is hollow, somewhat 

 thickened, at the base, quite scaly 

 with fibrils, often becoming 

 brownish-red, two to three inches 

 long. The spores are brownish- 

 purple. 



I have never found the plant 

 elsewhere than on the Chillicothe 

 high school lawn, and then not in 

 sufficient numbers to test its edi- 

 ble qualities. When I do, I shall 

 try it cautiously, but with full 

 faith that I shall be permitted to 

 try others. Found on the 

 ground and on decayed wood. It 

 often grows in clusters. Septem- 

 ber to October. 



Hypholoma sublalcritium. Schacff. 

 The Brick-Red Hypholoma. Edible. 



Sublateritium is from sub, under, and later, a brick. The pileus is brick-red. 

 with pale yellowish border; the surface is covered with fine silky fibres; fleshy, 

 moist, and firm ; the cap is from two to four inches broad ; remnants of the veil 

 are often seen on the margin ; flesh creamy, firm, and bitter. 



The gills are creamy when young, olive when old: attached to the stem at 

 inner extremity, rather narrow, crowded, and unequal. 



The stem is creamy when young, lower part slightly tinged with red. hollow 

 or stuffed, having silky fibres on the surface, two to four inches long, often 

 incurved because of position. The spores are sooty-brown and elliptical. 



It grows in large clusters around old stumps. It is especially plentiful about 

 Chillicothe. It is not equal to many others of the Hypholomas as an esculent. 

 Sometimes it is bitter even after it is cooked. Captain Mcllvaine gives a plausible 

 reason when he says it may be due to the passage of larva- through the flesh of the 

 plant. It is found from September to early winter. 



