GENERA AND SPECIES OF MUSHROOMS 



tions and has forked gills and a cap very variable in color, 

 sometimes reddish, purple, purple-brown, or in one form, 

 green. I know of the Russula furcata having been eaten 

 in rather small quantities, and while in this case no harm 

 resulted, the taste was not agreeable. Atkinson. 



Schizophyllum 

 Schizophyllum commune ; Schizophyllum alneum. Spe- 

 cies 1 20. Figure 33. 

 On dead sticks and branches in woods; all the year; in- 

 edible. 



Cap tough; leathery; dry; white or whitish; margin lobed; 

 surface downy; >^ to i>2 inches broad. Shrivels when dry, 

 revives when moist. 



Gills colored like the cap; their free edges split lengthwise 

 (this splitting can best be seen with the aid of a magnifying 

 lens); woolly. 



Stem absent ; the cap is attached at its margin or top surface. 



Spores white. 



Very common in New York State. 



The genus Stropharia 



The mushrooms belonging to the genus Stropharia possess 

 purple-brown spores; the gills are attached to the stem and 

 the veil forms a ring on the stem, but there is no sheath or 

 cup (volva) at the base of the stem. 



Species of Stropharia 

 Stropharia semiglobata; hemispheric stropharia. Plate 

 XV, Species 121. 



On ground or on dung in grassy open places; scattered or 

 in groups; May to Autumn; poisonous. 



Cap hemispheric, or nearly so; light yellowish; smooth; 

 very sticky (viscid) when moist; fleshy; yiXoiyi inches broad. 



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