68 MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



Galera tenera Brownie Cap 



Plate 11:4 



Cap small, 1-3 cm. ^vide, tan to rust-color or brown, rarely greenish or black- 

 ish, thin, smooth or slightly powdered, slightly striate when moist, conical to bell- 

 shaped; stem 7-12 cm. by 2-3 mm., colored like the cap or paler, smooth, some- 

 what striate, hollow ; gills adnate or seemingly free, brown, narrow, crowded ; 

 spores rust-brown, elliptic, 11-15 X 6-10/*. The name refers to the thin texture 

 of the cap. 



Common on dung and in grassland from spring to autumn ; excellent. 



Galera flava Yellow Galera 



Cap small, 1-3 cm. wide, yellow, smooth, distinctly striate and furrowed at 

 the margin and toward the disk, ovoid to bell-shaped; stem 5-8 cm. by 2-3 mm., 

 whitish or yellowish, mealy or powdered, hollow ; gills adnate, tan-brown, narrow 

 and crowded; spores rust-brown, ovoid, 12-14 X 8/x. The name refers to the 

 color. 



On ground in woods, especially where there is much leaf- or wood-mold ; edible. 



BOLBITIUS 



Resembling Galera, but distinct from all other genera of ocher-spored forms 

 in the deliciuescent or dissolving gills. It is like C o p r i n u s among black-spored 

 agarics in this respect. The forms are small, growing on dung or rich soil, and are 

 edible. The name refers to the habitat. 



Key to the Species 



1. Cap 4-6 cm. wide, furrowed at the margin B. boltoni 



2. Cap 1-2 cm. wide, merely striate at the margin B. fragilis 



Bolbitius boltoni Yellow Bolbitius 



Cap 4-6 cm. wide, yellow or paler, smooth, thin, sticky, furrowed at the 

 margin, more or less umbonate, conical then convex or expanded; stem 6-8 cm. by 

 6-8 mm., yellow or yellowish, floccose at first, hollow; gills adnexed, dingy yellow 

 to brown ; s p ores brown, ellipsoid, 14 X 8,u,. Named for the botanist, Bolton. 



In manured ground or leaf-mold, summer and autumn ; well-flavored. 



Bolbitius fragilis Fragile Bolbitius 



Cap small, 1-2 cm. wide, light yellow or paler, smooth, thin, sticky, striate at 

 the margin, conical to plane, more or less umbonate; stem 6-8 cm. by 2-4 mm.,. 



