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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



I found them, the 27th of November. Dr. Mcllvaine says in his book, "If the col- 

 lector gets puzzled, as he will, over one or all of these species, because no 

 description fits, he can whet his patience and his appetite by calling it H. perplexum 

 and graciously eating it." 



I'iclke 266. Hypholonaa perplexum. One-half natural size. Caps brown, with a pale 



yellow margin. 



Psilocybe. Pers. 



Psilocybe is from two Greek words, naked and head. The spores are purple- 

 brown or slate color. The pileus is smooth, at first incurved, brownish or purple. 

 The stem is cartilaginous, ringless, tough, hollow, or stuffed, often rooting. 

 Generally growing on the ground. 



Psilocybe fcenisecii. Pers. 

 Tiik Brown Psiixkybe. 



Foenisecii means mown hay. 



The pileiis is somewhat fleshy, smoky-brown or brownish, convex, cam- 

 panulate at first, then expanded; obtuse, dry, smooth. 



The gills are firmly attached to the stem, ventricose, not crowded, brownish- 

 uml>er. 



