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MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



Stropharia aeruginosa Green Stropharia 



Cap 7-11 cm, -ivide, bluegreen with a sticky slime, yellowish as the latter dis- 

 appears, conyex to plane, more or less umbonate ; stem 5-8 cm. by 6-12 mm., blue- 

 green, sticky, hollow, ring more or less torn, superior ; gills adnate. dark pur- 

 ple ; spores purplish brown, elliptic. S-10 X 4-5/i. The name refers to the green 

 slimy coyering. 



On the ground in grassland, summer and autumn : suspected of being poisonous, 

 but this is not preyed. 



Stropharia stercoraria 

 Yellow Stropharia 



Cap 1-3 cm. wide, 

 yellow or yellowish, smooth, 

 sticky, sometimes slightly 

 striate at the margin, con- 

 yex to plane; stem 7-12 

 cm. by 4-6 mm., yellow or 

 yellowish, sticky, stuffed 

 \yith a distinct pith, ring 

 narrow, remote from cap, 

 sticky ; gills adnate. dull 

 brown, not clouded or mot- 

 tled, broad ; spores dark, 

 ellipsoid. 18-20 n, 10-12^. 

 The name refers to its habit 

 of growth. 



Common on dtnig or 

 in well-manured ground, 

 spring to autumn ; the caps- 

 are excellent. 



FiGUE 44. Hypholoma perplexum 



Stropharia semiglobata Hemispheric Stropharia 



Plate 11:6 v ■ 



Cap 1-3 cm. wide, yellow or yellowish, smooth, sticky, hemispheric; stem 

 6-8 cm. by 2-3 mm., yellowish, smooth, sticky, hollow, with an incomplete sticky 

 ring ; gills adnate, mottled or clouded with black, broad ; spores dull purple or 

 blackish purple, ellipsoid. 13-14 X 8-9/.(. The name refers to the hemispheric cap. 



Common on dung and in well-manured soil, spring to winter; the caps are good. 



BYPIIOLOilA 



Distinguished by the breaking up of the gill yeil into a fragmentary curtain, 

 which is more or less persistent on the margin of the cap. An incomplete ring is. 

 sometimes formed. The gills are usually attaclied. The name refers to the curtain. 



