Leucosporse 



and in rings, but can be found from May until after frost. If one knows Marasmius. 

 where the rings are to be found M. oreades can be gathered when 

 shriveled, and are quite as good, after soaking, as when fresh. 



M. oreades must be sought for where the grass is luxuriant. It hides 

 among it. It is well worthy of the search. Raw, fresh or shriveled, 

 it is sweet, nutty, succulent when eaten; stewed well it is delicious. 

 Though tough its consistency is agreeable. The most delicate stomachs 

 can digest it. The writer saved the life of a lovely woman by feeding 

 her upon it when nothing else could be retained ; and of another, by 

 feeding Coprinus micaceus, after a dangerous operation. He introduced 

 these species, together with a few others, into a large hospital in Phila- 

 delphia, where they were used with marked beneficial effect, and such 

 use is now widespread. 



When dried, by exposure to the air or sun, it can be kept indefinitely, 

 neither losing its aroma or flavor, which it graciously imparts to soups 

 or any other dish. 



Collybia dryophila, Stropharia semi-globata, and Naucoria semi- 

 orbicularis are sometimes found growing with it. These species are 

 delicious and harmless. 



Lafayette B. Mendel in the Am. Jour, of Physiology, March, 1898, 

 gives the following analysis : 



Twenty freshly gathered specimens (from New Haven) weighed 9 

 grams, an average weight of 0.45 grams each. The analysis gave: 



Water 74-96% 



Total solids 2 S-4 



Total nitrogen of dry substance 5.97 



Ash of dry substance 7.23 



B. TERGINI. 



* * Stem downy when dry, etc. 



M. Wyn'nei B. and Br. Pileus 1-1% in. broad, /z'/ar-brown, tardily 

 changing color, fleshy, convexo-plane, somewhat umbonate. Stem 2 

 in. long, i / line thick, tubed, furfuraceous, somewhat of the same 

 color as the pileus. Gills adnexed, thick, distant, bright-colored, beau- 

 tifully tinged with lilac; interstices even. 



Inodorous. Gregarious or cespitose. The stem springs from a white 

 mycelium, but is by no means strigose or tawny at the base. Quite dis- 

 tinct from M. fusco-purpureus. Fries. 

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