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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



The gills are crowded, rather narrow, whitish, then tinged with pinkish or 

 purplish-brown then black. 



The stem is slender, fragile, hollow, silky, even, whitish, often twisted, one 

 to three inches long. The spores are blackish, sometimes brown, elliptical, ioxs>. 



The Glistening Coprinus is a small but common and beautiful species. ( )ne 

 cannot fail to recognize a Coprinus from a photograph. It is somewhat bell-shaped 

 and marked with impressed lines or striations from the margin to or beyond 

 the center of the disk and sprinkled with fugacious micaceous granules all of 

 which show in Figure 273. For eating, this is without doubt the best mushroom 

 that grows. The specimens in Figure 273 grew around an old peach stump in 

 Dr. Miesse's yard, in Chillicothe. You will find them around any stump, especially 

 just before a rain. If you secure a good supply and wish to keep them, partially 

 cook them and warm them for use. 



Fk.i'rK 274. Coprinus ebulbosus. One-half natural size. 



Coprinus ebulbosus. Pic 



Ebulbosus, without being bullions. This seems to be the difference between 

 the American and the European plants, the latter being bulbous. 



The pileus is membranaceous, at first ovate, bell-shaped, striate, variegated 

 with broad white scales, or white patches; one to two inches broad. 



