Our Edible Toadstools And Mushrooms And How to Distinguish Themr a Selection of
Our Edible Toadstools And Mushrooms And How to Distinguish Themr a Selection of
W Hamilton William Hamilton Gibson
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AGARICS If one of them is examined, it is seen to be a curious short-stemmed mushroom which never fully expands (Plate 16), perhaps five inches high, and whose surface is curiously decorated with shaggy A DINNER FOR A FAMILY patches. In its early stages it is white and singular- ly egglike, but later becomes brownish, its curved shaggy points finally changing to almost black. The concealed gills are crowded and of equal length, at l6o EDIBLE MUSHROOMS first creamy white, but gradually changing ...through a whole gamut of pinks, sepias, and browns until they become black, at which time the whole substance of the cap melts on its elongated stalk inky deliquesces into an unsightly inky paste, deliquescence which besmears the grass and ultimate- ly leaves only the bare white stem standing in its midst, a peculiar method of dissem- ination which distinguishes the group Coprinus, of which it is the most conspicuous example. This is the " shaggy-mane " mushroom, Coprinus comatus, the specific name signifying a wig "from the fancied resemblance to a wig on a barber's block.
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