SOME COMMON MUSHROOMS AXD HOW TO KNOW THEM 



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whifh breaks up into scales except in tlie center; the llesh is wliite, generally 

 clian^in.i; to reddisli or yt'llowisli on heinj; cut or bruised; tlie jiills are close, 

 lanceolate, remote, wliite liecoiniiiir lireen ; tiie stem is tirm, smooth, lioilow, 



Figure S. — Lcpiota proceni. (Edible.) (l<"rom C. G. Llo.vrt i 



subbulbous, tapering upward, white with brownish tinge; the ring is large, 

 niovalde. 



The cap is 5 to 9 or even 12 inches broad ; the stem is 6 to 9 inches long and 

 4 to 8 lines thick. 



Great care should be taken to avoid this species. INIany instances of poison- 

 ing are well sul)stantiated, and extreme inconvenience and serious illness have 

 resulted from eating very small pieces of the uncooked nmshroom. The gills 

 are slow in as.^uming the green tinge characteristic of the species, but after 

 being allowed to remain several hours in ordinary room temperature the color 

 becomes quite noticeable. 



