AGARICS lOI 



By many fungus -feasters this species is prized as 

 the ne plus ultra^ and most various, are the methods 

 of its culinary preparation, either in the form of mince 

 and fricassee with various meats, suitably seasoned 

 with salt, pepper, and butter, or simply broiled and 

 served on buttered toast. An appetizing recipe for 

 this especial mushroom is given on page 313. 



TRUE FAIRY-RING CHAMPIGNON 

 Marasmius oreades 



I remember, as a boy, summer after summer ob- 

 serving upon a certain spot upon our lawn this dense, 

 and at length scattering, ring of tiny 

 Fairy=ring yellowish mushrooms, .and the aroma, 



mushrooms ■' . , , . , 



true and false as they Simmered on the kitchen stove, 

 is an appetizing memory. This species 

 is very common, and inasmuch as it is likely to be 

 confounded with two noxious varieties, it is advisable 

 to bring in- prominent contrast the characters of the 

 true and the false. 



The true Fairy -ring Champignon is pictured in 

 Plate 8. It is common on lawns and close-cropped 

 pastures, where it is usually seen growing in ring? 

 more or less broken, and often several feet in diam- 

 eter, or in disconnected arcs, the vegetation extend- 

 ing outward year by year. This mushroom is held 

 in great esteem, and frequently grows in such pro- 

 fusion that bushels may be gathered in a small area. 



-The pileus is buff or cream colored, from one to 

 two inches in diameter, leathery and shrivelled when 

 dry, but when moist, after rain or dew, becoming 

 brownish, soft, and pliable, the conditions perhaps 



