Among the Mushrooms: A Guide For Beginners

by Ellen M. Dallas; Caroline A. Burgin

[GENERAL HELPS TO THE MEMORY.]

There are certain facts which if committed to memory will be of great help to beginners in classifying mushrooms. There are distinctive features belonging to different genera, which will be enumerated as follows. These facts apply to the order of Agarics, containing the largest number of familiar mushrooms. They have been placed in tables for the convenience of the beginner, and are arranged without regard to family relationship.

Mushrooms Containing both Volva and Ring (Annulus).

There is only one genus that has both volva and ring. Amanita.

Mushrooms with Ring and no Volva.

1. Pholiota.

2. Annularia.

3. Stropharia.

4. Psalliota.