MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



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The cap sep^arates readily from the stem at the point of attachment, and is 

 more or less scalv. The stem bears a ring which is either fixed or movable, and in 

 the smaller forms often disappears after tb.e cai> expands. The gills are free from 

 the stem, rareh' touching, and are tvpicallv white, though greenish in one species. 



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I. e p iota dift'ers from .\ m a n i t a and ,\ m a n i t o p s i s in the absence of the 

 \-olva. and from .\ m a n i t o p s i s also m the presence of a ring. .\11 our species of 

 I.epiota grow on the ground, and are edible, though one or two are known to be 

 -omewhat poisonous to certain j'eoide. ( Ireat care must be taken not to confuse 

 with I.epiota those species of .\ m a n i t a in which the voh'a is fragmentary or- 

 di'-appears earlv. The name refers to the scalv cap. 



