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EDIBLE AND POISONOUS MUSHROOMS OF CANADA<br />
tough, shining blackish, pallid at the apex, spores smooth, white, pip-shaped,<br />
6-9 X 3-4 M-<br />
In dense groups on decaying wood and debris, common in eastern<br />
Canada. June-Oct.<br />
This attractive little species often occurs in great abundance in the woods.<br />
The whitish pileus with dark umbilicus and the attachment of the lamellae to a<br />
free collar are the distinctive field characters.<br />
MARASMIUS SCORODONIUS (Fr.) Kummer<br />
Figure 236, page 153<br />
PILEUS 54-% ii^- broad, phant, convex, expanding to plane, unpoHshed,<br />
smooth or slightly wrinkled, at first tinged reddish or tan, finally whitish.<br />
flesh thin, odor of gariic when crushed, lamellae adnate, not broad, mod-<br />
erately close, pallid, stipe 1-2 in. long, about J/fg in. thick, subequal or tapering<br />
downward, smooth, dark reddish brown to blackish at the base, paUid at the<br />
apex. SPORES smooth, white, ellipsoid, tapering to the apiculate end, 6-8 X<br />
3-4 M.<br />
In groups on twigs and debris, fairly common. June-Sept.<br />
The striking feature of this little species is its strong odor of gadic and it is<br />
sometimes used as a seasoning for roasts and gravies.<br />
MARASMIUS SICCUS (Schw.) Fr.<br />
Figure 114, page 51<br />
PILEUS 1/2-1 in. broad, at first conical, becoming campanulate, often<br />
depressed in the center, dry, glabrous, pinkish red to ochraceous red to rusty<br />
red, striate-sulcate to the disk, flesh membranous, mild, lamellae free to<br />
adnexed, distant, white or tinged like the pileus. stipe about 1 )^-3 in. long,<br />
very slender and thread-Hke, horny, glabrous, blackish brown, paler at apex,<br />
tubular, mycelioid at base, spores elongated, narrowed toward one end, white,<br />
smooth, 13-18 X 3-4.5 m-<br />
Gregarious in the woods on leaves, twigs and forest debris. July-Sept.<br />
Common.<br />
Although of small size this little mushroom will attract notice because of<br />
its bright color and abundance. The color, deeply furrowed pilei and distant<br />
lamellae are good field characters.<br />
LENTINUS<br />
Lentinus includes a rather small group of white-spored species growing on<br />
wood and characterized by their hard, tough consistency and the serrate-torn<br />
edge of the lamellae. The stipe may be present or excentric, or lacking.<br />
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