Brown-spored Series 



Craterellus cantharellus (Edible) 



Cap or Pileus — Margin wavy. Yellow or pinkish 

 yellow. Fleshy, firm, convex, then centrally 

 depressed. 



Gills or Lamellce — Blunt, running down the stem, 

 forking many times. 



Stem — Solid, yellow, and smooth. 



Spores — Yellowish. 



Flesh — White, slightly stained in places. Taste 

 slightly peppery ; no odour. 



Time — Summer and autumn. 



ZTatoa^— Specimen photographed was found grow- 

 ing in moss and earth on an old wood road in Section of c. 

 mixed woods. New Jersey. cantharellus 



Craterellus is at present classified as one of the family 

 Thelephoracece. For convenience we have placed it under 

 " Fungi with Gills." It is interesting, as it forms a connecting 

 link between fam. Thelephoracece and fam. Agaricaceoe. 



GENUS AGARICUS 



The genus Agaricus includes all brown-spored species which 

 have free gills and a stem with a collar. The distinctive features 

 of several edible species may be quite satisfactorily seen by refer- 

 ence to the table with parallel columns. 



Mushroom-growing is becoming quite an important industry 

 in this country ; both professional horticulturists and amateurs 

 successfully engage in it. It is not a difficult matter to raise the 

 common mushroom, as the conditions necessary are easily ob- 

 tained. Mushrooms will grow almost anywhere out of doors, 

 and also in cellars, caves, and tunnels where a uniform and mod- 

 erate temperature of from 50° to 60° Fahr. can be maintained. The 

 part of a cellar devoted to mushrooms must be darkened some- 

 what, must have a dry floor, and must be protected from wet 

 overhead and from winds. These conditions are common in cel- 

 lars which are rather dark, but sufficiently well ventilated not to 

 be musty. The bed for the mushrooms is prepared in a manner 



Cra'-t^r-Sl'-liis Th«l-e-ph5-ra'-9e-ae A-gir'-K-ciis 



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