Search Results for: Mushrooms of the genus agaricus dried
in the decomposition of wood, dung, grassy debris, forest litter, and so on. most of the species have black spore prints and gills that liquefy, at least partially, as the mushroom matures. the resulting "ink" provides the common name for the inky caps, and can actually be used as writing ink. but the
mushrooms, of course, do not have the production of ink for writing in mind. rather, liquefying the gills is a clever strategy for dispersing spores more efficiently. the gills liquefy from the bottom up as the spores mature. thus the cap peels up and away, and the maturing spores are always kept in...
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may be peronate (sheathlike, like the ring of agaricus bitorquis ), pendant (skirtlike, like the ring of amanita magnivelaris ), or flaring (like the ring of tricholoma caligatum , illustrated to the left). additionally, the position of the ring can be important; it may be superior, apical, median,
. compare with ring zone . appendiculate cap of amanita daucipes appendiculate an appendiculate cap is one in which the tissue of the universal veil hangs over the edge after the cap has expanded and ruptured the veil, as in the illustration of amanita daucipes to the left. in the genus amanita , especially...
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