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rom such food entirely unless he can avail himself of the knowl- 

 dge of some one who can recognize them. 

 A few edible fungi appear early in the season, but with us 

 uly, August and September are the months when the greatest 

 ariety is to be found. The morels occur in May and June. The 

 'airy-ring mushroom and the Glistening coprinus sometimes 

 ,ppear in June, and successive crops follow from time to time 

 whenever the weather is favorable. During warm, showery 

 reather in July and August most of our edible boleti are to be 

 ound. 



A few of the species continue in September. The latter part 

 f August and the first half of September will bring the Common 

 lushroom and the Horse mushroom, the weather conditions 

 •eing right. Excessively dry weather and prevailing cold 

 leather are unfavorable to mushroom growth. Heat and moist- 

 .re combined are favorable. It sometimes happens when the 

 ields and open country are too dry for mushroom growth, a 

 canty supply may be found in deep woods and shady swamps, 

 t would be useless to look in such places for the Common mush- 

 oom and the Fairy-ring mushroom, for they do not grow in 

 roods; but the Delicious lactarius, the Involute paxillus, the 

 lough-stemmed boletus and the Chantarelle may be found there, 

 'he Oyster pleurotus and the Sapid pleurotus may be found in 

 roods or clearings at any time between June and October, pro- 

 ided there is sufficient rain to induce growth, but the Honey - 

 olored armillaria, the Imbricated tri^holoma, the Masked tricho- 

 ma and the Elm pleurotus will rarely be found before the last 

 reek in August or the first of September. Let no one expect to 

 nd the Granulated boletus, the Yellowish-brown boletus or the 

 mall Yellowish boletus except in the immediate vicinity of pine 

 pees or in places where pine trees have grown. These hints 

 lay be something of a guide to the inexperienced mushroom 

 unter. The dates and habitat given under the description of 

 ach species will furnish more full and definite information on 

 bis subject. 



Before proceeding to the description of species it may be well 

 o explain certain technical terms it may be convenient or 

 ecessary to use. For illustration of some of the following terms 

 3e Plate A and its explanation. 



