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stance, it dries easily, but under moisture assumes its 

 original form. The taste when raw is pleasant and 

 when cooked it makes a very palatable dish. Care 

 must be taken not to confound' it with Marasmius 

 urens, which grows under nearly the same conditions, 

 its cap is very similar, but its gills are yellow and closer 

 together, and the base of the stem is clothed with a 

 white down. Its taste is acrid. 



Marasmius personatus is another pernicious species 

 which resembles oreades, but as it usually grows in 

 the woods, is not likely to be mistaken for it. The 

 base of its stem is clothed with stiff hairs or bristles. 



Of the genus Lentinus, we have ientinus lepideus 

 growing on the end of a log three years in succession. 

 Its mycelium penetrates the ties of railways, upon 

 which it frequently grows, causing them to decay. 



Armillaria melleus grows in masses upon tree 

 trunks, and its mycelium penetrating the body of the 

 tree causes its death. Whole forests are said to be 

 sometimes destroyed in this way. 



Of the pink-spored we find Clitopilus orcella, also 

 called the sweet-bread mushroom, and Clitopilus sub- 

 vilis. 



Among the rust colored spores we have the 

 Cortinarii, which have a cob-webby membrane cover- 

 ing the gills in the young plant. Of these we find 

 Cortinarius violaceus, lilacinus, armillatus and cin- 

 namomeus, variety semi-sanguineus. 



Paxillus involutus also has rust-colored spores, its 

 peculiarity is in its anastomosing gills, which form 

 pores near the stem. It is edible, but does not make 

 a tempting dish. 



Of the black spored agarics we find Coprinus 

 micaceus, comatus and atramentarius. 



Coprinus micaceus appears along the sides of the 

 streets in Montreal in early June, and may be found 

 at various times throughout the summer. "When it 

 first pushes through the ground its cap is round, of a 

 buff color, and if closely examined may show little 

 sparkling mica-like particles, which is a distinguishing 



