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MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



Mycena prolifera Tufted Mycena 



Cap small. 1-3 cm. wide, pale yellowish to tan or brown, darker on the disk, 

 smooth, slightlv striate at the margin, convex or itearlv flat when mature ; stem 

 slender. 5-S cm. by 2-4 mm., pale above, tan to brownish below, smooth, shining, 

 rooted; gills adnexed. whitish; spores elliptic. S-10 X 5-7/x. The name refers 

 to the dense tufts. 



In grass or on trtmks. in late summer and autumn ; excellent. 



Mycena vulgaris 



Cap verv small. 4-9 mm. wide, whitish, grayish or smoke-colored, smooth, 

 stickv. striate at the margin, con^'ex. depressed in the middle ; stem thread-like, 

 2-6 cm. bv 1-2 mm., ashen or dark, stickv, tough, hollow, hairv and rooted at base; 



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;\IvcE-XA i.;alericul-\ia 



gills decurrent. white: spores ellipsoid, 3-4 X -M- The name refers to the 

 frequence. 



In groups and clusters on leaves, twigs, etc., in woods, during summer and 

 autumn ; probably edible, but too small to be of account. The umbilicate cap and 

 decurrent gills indicate that the proper position of this plant is in (3 m p h a 1 i a. 



OMPHALIA 



This is closely related to Mycena. but the majority of the species are easilv 

 recognized by the decurrent gills and the typically depressed or umbilicate cap. 

 Mycena vulgaris, however, possesses both these features, and will be sought 

 under this genus, where it properly belongs. The species are verv small for the 

 most part ; they are edible, but too small to be important. The name refers to the 

 depressed or funnel-form cap. 



