FIELD BOOK OF COMMON GILLED MUSHROOMS 



or collar which is movable or but slightly adherent. This 

 collar is easily destroyed and has often disappeared at ma- 

 turity; 3 to 5 inches long; X to Vi inches thick. 



Spores black; elliptic; .0005 to .0007 inches long. 



The shaggy coprinus or maned agaric as it is sometimes 

 called, is one of the largest and finest species of the genus. 

 It is very tender and digestible and scarcely inferior to the 

 Common mushroom in flavor, though some think it is im- 

 proved in flavor by cooking a mushroom or two with it. 

 It is fit for the table only before the gills have assumed their 

 black color, but even after that it is sometimes used in making 

 catsup. 



When young it is very sapid and delicate, cooked quickly 

 with butter, pepper and salt, it is excellent; in flavor it much 

 resembles the common mushroom, to which it is quite equal 

 if not superior; it is clearly more digestible and less likely to 

 disagree with persons of delicate constitutions. Peck. 



The shaggy-mane is a very conspicuous object on lawns 

 in autumn, although it is not so abundant as might be desired. 

 On account of its peculiar shape and decided colors, a single 

 specimen rarely fails to attract attention. It is considered 

 one of the very best of the edible fungi, and is often eaten 

 raw by foreigners. Murrill. 



Coprinus micaceus; glistening coprinus; glistening ink- 

 cap. Plate VIII, Species 39. 



On ground or on decaying wood; in clusters; May to 

 November; edible. 



Cap somewhat bell-shaped or expanded; thin; marked 

 with impressed radiating lines or striations from the margin 

 to or beyond the middle; buff -yellow or tawny yellow; center 

 smooth and often a little more highly colored than the rest; 

 sometimes glistening with minute shining particles when 

 young but these are not often noticeable and when present 



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