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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Panceolus solidipes. Pk. 

 Thl Solid Foot Panalolus. Edible. 



Solidipes is from solidus, solid ; pes, foot ; and is so called because the stem 

 of the plant is solid. The pileus is two to three inches across ; firm ; at first hemis- 

 pherical, then subcampanulate or convex ; smooth ; white ; the cuticle at length 

 breaking - up into dingy-yellowish, rather large, angular scales. The gills are broad, 

 slightly attached, whitish, becoming black. The stem is five to eight inches long 

 and two to four lines thick, firm, smooth, white, solid, slightly striate at the 

 top. The spores are very black with a bluish tint. Peck. 23d Rep. N. Y. 

 State Bot. 



This is a large and beautiful plant and easily distinguished because of its solid 



Figure 279. Panacolus papilionaceus. Natural size. 



stem, growing on dung. Sometimes minute drops of moisture will be seen on the 

 upper part of the stem. The plant is said to be one of the best of mushrooms 

 to eat. 



