Annual Report of the State Botanist 1892 - MykoWeb

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Report of the 8iate Botanist.
Mr. Falconer sa3's that under cultivation it is exceedingly pro-
ductive, growing equally well in sunshine and in shade, but being
fond of warmth. When grown in the dark the color of the
pileus is darker than when grown in the light. The mushrooms
appear in twenty-four to thirty days after the planting of the
spawn, which is about two weeks earlier than in the case of the
common mushroom. They have a decided flavor and are good
eating. From this it will readily be seen that in productiveness,
early appearance and ability to endure warm weather it is an
improvement on the common mushroom.
Hypholma aggregatum n. sj).
Densely csespitose ; pileus thin, convex or subcampanulate, gray-
ish-white, obscurely spotted with appressed brownish fibrils
lamellae subdistant, rounded behind, nearly free, at first whitish,
then brown or blackish-brown with a whitish edge ;
stem rather
long, hollow, somewhat lioccose or fibrillose, white ; spores brown,
elliptical, .0003 in. long, .00016 to .0002 broad.
Pileus about 1 in. broad ; stem 2 to 3 in. long, 1.5 to 2 lines
thick.
At the base of trees and stumps in woods. Alcov.e. Sept.
The cjespitose habit and obscurely spotted grayish-white pileus
are marked features of this species. From B. silvestre the species
may be distinguished by its smaller size, adnexed or nearly free
1 amellse, which have no rosy tint, and by its very caespitose mode
of growth.
Deconica bryophila n. sp
Pileus thin, membranous on the margin, subconical, becoming
convex or nearly plane, glabrous, hygrophanous, chestnut color
or dark brown and striatulate on the margin when moist, creamy-
white, grayish-white or pale brown when dry and often distinctly
striate on the margin ;
lamellae broad, distant, adnate or slightly
decurrent, plane or ventricose, at first pale-brown, then purplish-
brown ;
stem slender, slightly silky -fibrillose when young, stuffed
or hollow, pallid or brown ; spores brown, elliptical, .0003 in.
long, .0002 broad.
Pileus 3 to 6 lines broad ;
stem 8 to 12 lines long.
Sandy soil among mosses. Delmar and Karner. May.
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