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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Bulgaria. Fr. 



Bulgaria probably first found in that principality. 



Receptacle orbicular, then truncate, glutinous within, at first closed ; hymenium 

 even, persistent, smooth. 



Bulgaria inquinans. Fr. 

 The Blackish Bulgaria. 



Figure 440. Bulgaria inquinans. Two- 

 thirds natural size. 



Inquinans means befouling or polluting ; 

 so called because of the blackish, gelatinous 

 coating of the cap. 



Receptacle orbicular, closed at first, then 

 opening, forming a cup, as shown on the 

 right in Figure 440 ; disk or cup becoming 

 plane ; black, sometimes becoming lacunose ; 

 tough, elastic, gelatinous, dark-brown, or 

 chocolate, almost black, wrinkled, and 

 rough externally ; stem very short, almost 

 obsolete ; cup light umber ; sporidia large, 

 elliptical, brown. 



This plant is quite plentiful in some lo- 

 calities near Chillicothe. It is found in 

 woods, on oak trunks or limbs partially de- 

 caved. 



