THE ELM MUSHROOM

=Agaricus ulmarius=

=Pileus:= From three to five inches in diameter.

Color, pale yellow or buff; smooth in young

specimen, fissured, spotted, and leathery at

maturity. Flesh in section white.

=Gills:= Dingy white, becoming tawny at maturity,

extending down the stem.

=Stem:= Various in length, occasionally very short and

attached to side of pileus; generally longer as in

Plate, and "off centre"; white; substance solid.

=Spores:= White.

=Taste:= Suggesting fish when cooked.

=Odor:= Pleasant.

=Habitat:= Trunk of elm or from surfaces of broken

or sawn branches. Often growing in dense masses

covering several square feet.

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