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Title: Student's hand-book of mushrooms of America edible and poisonous
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Taylor, Thomas, 1820-1910
Subjects: Mushrooms Pathogenic fungi
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : A. R. Taylor, Publisher, 238 Mass. Ave. N.E.,12049026
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nly found in pastures and in open grassy places;sometimes in open woods near cultivated fields, usually solitary or invery small clusters. It is a favorite among mycophagists. Lepiotaracodes closely resembles Lepiota procera, and by some botanists thetwo are regarded as forms of the same species. In L. racodes the pileusis at first globose, expanded, and finally depressed in the centre ; thecuticle is thin and broken into persistent scales ; the whole plant smallerthan L. procera. Flesh slightly reddish when bruised. Edible. Thereis also a white variety (puellaris) with a floccose squamose cap. Plate XL Figs. 5 to 9.—Ag. (Lepiota) naucinus Fries (Lepiota naucinoides Peck).Smooth White Lepiota.1 Edible. Cap at first sub-globose, then curved, the surface smooth and satinywhen dry, creamy white ; gills close and slightly rounded at the innerextremity towards the stem, free from the stem, white ; stem white,smooth, hollow, and bulbous at the base; ring thick, distinct, movable, Plate XI
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Ed BLE Figs. I to 4- Agaricus I Lepiofalprocerus.Fries iLepiota procerafParasol to 9 Le-Mota naucinoides Peck, (Aqaricus naucinus Fr\es)&iwol/i WiilrI.e/)io/<i 15 white. The gills, soon after gathering, become suffused with a faintpinkish or fleshy tint. The spores are white, sub-elliptical. Specimensoccur in which there is a slight granulation in the centre of the cap, butthey are rare. The variety squamosa shows the surface of the cap, some-what broken into thick scales. L. naucinoides is a very clean and attractive looking mushroom, usuallysymmetrical in shape. It is a fleshier mushroom than L. procent, and isfound in grassy places, in lawns, sometimes in gardens, or by roadsides,especially where the soil is rich. The specimens figured in Plate XI weregathered in a rose garden, growing in loamy soil. Specimens have beenreceived from different States, some of tbem much larger than those hereillustrated. This mushroom is recorded by some authors as equal in flavor to theParaso

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