Brown-spored Series 



Craterellus cantharellus (Edible) 



Cap or Pileus — Margin wavy. Yellow or pinkish 

 yellow. Fleshy, firm, convex, then centrally 

 depressed. 



Gills or Lamella — Blunt, running down the stem, 

 forking many times. 



Stem — Solid, yellow, and smooth. 



Spores — Yellowish. 



Flesh — White, slightly stained in places. Taste 

 slightly peppery ; no odour. 



Time — Summer and autumn. 



Habitat — Specimen photographed was found grow- 

 ing in moss and earth on an old wood road in Section of c. 

 mixed woods, New Jersey. cantharellus 



Craterellus is at present classified as one of the family 

 Thelephoracea:. For convenience we have placed it under 

 " Fungi with Gills." It is interesting, as it forms a connecting 

 link between fam. Thelephoracece and fam. Agaricacex. 



GENUS AGARICUS 



The genus Agaricus includes all brown-spored species which 

 have free gills and a stem with a collar. The distinctive features 

 of several edible species may be quite satisfactorily seen by refer- 

 ence to the table with parallel columns. 



Mushroom-growing is becoming quite an important industry 

 in this country ; both professional horticulturists and amateurs 

 successfully engage in it. It is not a difficult matter to raise the 

 common mushroom, as the conditions necessary are easily ob- 

 tained. Mushrooms will grow almost anywhere out of doors, 

 and also in cellars, caves, and tunnels where a uniform and mod- 

 erate temperature of from 50 to 60 ° Fahr. can be maintained. The 

 part of a cellar devoted to mushrooms must be darkened some- 

 what, must have a dry floor, and must be protected from wet 

 overhead and from winds. These conditions are common in cel- 

 lars which are rather dark, but sufficiently well ventilated not to 

 be musty. The bed for the mushrooms is prepared in a manner 



Cra-ter-eT-lus Thel-e-pho-ra -ce-se A-gar'-I-cus 



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