PLATE XII. 



POISONOUS OR FALSE CHAMPIGNONS. 



i, a. Agaricus (Naucoria) semi-orbicularis. 3, 4. Agaricus (Stropharia) semi-globatus. 



5, 6. Agaricus (Naucoria) pediades. 



Figure 1 and Fioube 2 above are of a small mushroom which grows in lawns anH nast,,™.. ,^.1 ■ 



those on Plate in. of Edible Mushrooms; but, first they W no T,o^Tbur»r«T, .^' t T'^ ^'^'''' '°"*'''''"^ ^"^• 

 always discolored in age or decay as in Figure 7 above7tS Ztexti^el soVand t^L^ l"' "T"' "" ^"^ '^^ 

 by the sun aiid re^xpand with moisture JTMarasmius. ' '^^ "'^hroom does not dry hard 



FraUBES 3 and 4 as also 5 and 6 illustrate species ofteuest found in or on manure and tho ,i>„™ ^- « ^ 



• of these two varieties. The above are not known to be assuredlTpTs^^^ but have no.!, f.^ "' ^ ''^"""^ *™'' 

 the fairy-ring champignon. There are also other small fungi of ^so'^eT"; ^nd do^btll aualiVr f ''"'"I,? "' 

 these which grow in lawns and pastures, and the object of this plate istT^^h th! „ 1 ^ .^ T^ resembling 

 suspicious varieties of Marasmiusdonot grow with the edibespecKu^w^^^ """''" to avoid all such. The 



