if it is not closely examined; it grows in lawns and meadows, and has a yellowish-buff cap and a ring . but close inspection reveals some very non-agaricus-like features. the gills are pale at first, but soon become a very beautiful shade of purplish gray. and the ring is distinctive: it is usually grooved...
. it features a smooth or scaly cap that ranges from yellowish to tawny or reddish brown, a very fragile and quickly lost cortina -like partial veil , a skinny stem that darkens with handling or in age, and spores - μ long. my definition ofthe species may not completely match your field guide's definition...
what mycologists call "pink" is not always what might come to your mind or mine; "brownish pink" or even "pinkish brown" might be more accurate). there is no volva at the base ofthe stem, which separates them from volvarielloid mushrooms . the spores, under a microscope, are smooth and round or ellipsoid...
, medium-sized mushrooms belonged in thegenus. over the centuries, however, mycologists placed more and more ofthemushrooms in other genera. in the last decade or so the decimation was completed with the creation ofthe new genera rhodocollybia, gymnopus, and dendrocollybia, leaving only three species...
so far have been unsuccessful. they are not widely eaten in the united states, but worldwide they rank third in consumption, just behind agaricus bisporus (the common store mushroom) and lentinus edodes (shiitake). indeed, straw mushrooms have been used for food in china for two thousand years. baskets...
microscopic features. it belongs to a group of species that feature prominent "pileocystidia"--long cells on the surface ofthe cap that stick up and can often be detected as fine pubescence with a hand lens (or even the naked eye). the better known coprinellus disseminatus also belongs to this group...
season. moving ever outward leaving depleted ground within the circle. those who have opened their minds, hearts and souls to the realms of magic may speak to you ofthe fairies. those who know the fairies will tell you that fairy rings are where the fairies dance and perform many ofthe rituals of...
clitocyboid mushrooms with spiny spores and pinkish spore prints, as a separate genus, while others viewed the lepistas as a section within thegenus clitocybe. if you noticed the quotation marks i placed around "clitocybe" and you are now waiting for me to pull the taxonomic rug out from under your...
because they have amyloid spores . never mind that other genera ( amanita , for example) manage to hold species with both amyloid and inamyloid spores. and never mind that the sole character separating thegenus floccularia thus involves the color reaction of its spores, as seen by the human eye through...