GILL FUNGI 



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cap, which is thin and often striate or furrowed. It corresp(jnds with A[ y c e n a 

 among the white-spored forms. The species are small, but so far as tested the_\- are 

 all edible. The flame refers to the hat- or cowblike form. 



Key to the Species 



1. Cap narrowly conical, pale yellowish G. latcritla 



2. Cap conical to bell-shaped 



a. Cap scarcely striate, tan to rust-color or brown G. tencra 



b. Cap distinctly striate-furrowed, yellow G. iiava 



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Figure 38. Naucori.\ pediades 



Galera lateritia Cone Galera 



C a p 2-3 cm. wide, yellowish to tan or darker, thin, smooth, slightly striate 

 when moist, narrowly and persistently conical, or finally somewhat bell-shaped; 

 stem 8-10 cm. by 2-3 mm., whitish, white-powdered, hollow; gills adnexed or 

 seemingly free, brown, very narrowly linear, crowded ; spores brownish, rust- 

 colored, elliptic, 12-14 X S-lO/x. The name refers to the color. 



On dung and among grasses, spring to frost : well-flavored and delicate. 



