EDIBLE FUNGI. 



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buff or cream-colour, the umbo often remaining red- 

 browu, as if scorched ; gills free, distant, ventricose, of 

 the same tint as the pileus, but more pale ; stem equal, 

 solid, twisted, very tough and fibrous, of a pale silky- 

 white colour. 



Fig. 30 1. Marasmius oreades (Fairy-ring Champignon). Pastures, 

 roadsides, and downs, in the autumn; colour, pale buff; gills broad 

 and far apart ; diameter, 1 to 2 inches. 



Fig. 30 2. Marasmius urens (False Champignon). Woods and pas- 

 tures in the autumn; colour, pale buff; gills narrow and croivded 

 together ; diameter, \ inch to 1| inches. 



The fairy-ring agaric is a valuable little fungus, and 

 common on almost every lawn. In hilly pastures it 



