Mushroom and Toadstools / How to Distinguish Easily the Differences Between Edible and Poisonous Fungi

by Worthington George Smith

(Thelephora palmata.)760.

This soft fungus bears a distant resemblance to some species of Clavaria. It is uncommon, grows upon the ground, and possesses a very disagreeable odour.

Olive-gilled Mushroom. [Fig. 5.]

(Agaricus [Hypholoma] sublateritius.)328.

This plant is allied to [fig. 1], and, like it, grows upon old stumps in woods, and has, too, a disagreeable smell.

Astringent Mushroom. [Fig. 6.]

(Panus stypticus.)582.

Is very common on old dead trees and stumps in woods, and had better be avoided.