Brown-spored Series 
Craterellus cantharellus (Edible) 
Cap or Pileus—Margin wavy. Yellow or pinkish 
yellow. Fleshy, firm, convex, then centrally 
depressed. 
Gills or Lamelle—Blunt, running down the stem, 
forking many times. 
Stem—Solid, yellow, and smooth. 
Spores—Y ellowish. 
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 roadin _ Section of C. 
mixed woods, New Jersey. Canebarallits 
Craterellus is at present classified as one of the family 
Thelephoracee. For convenience we have placed it under 
‘Fungi with Gills.” It is interesting, as it forms a connecting 
link between fam. Thelephoracee and fam. Agaricacee. 
GENUS AGARICUS 
The genus Agaricus includes all brown-spored species which 
have free gills and astem 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'-tér-él'-liis Thél-é-phd-ra'-¢é-2e A-gir'-I-ciis 
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