MAKE A MEME View Large Image The field and garden vegetables of America (Page 580) (6002644946).jpg 580 <br> MUSHROOMS OR ESCULENT FUNGI <br> COMMON MUSHROOM M'Int Bog <br> Champignon Agaricus campestris <br> This Mushroom when it first appears is of a rounded or <br> ...
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Keywords: The field and garden vegetables of America (Page 580) (6002644946).jpg 580 <br> MUSHROOMS OR ESCULENT FUNGI <br> COMMON MUSHROOM M'Int Bog <br> Champignon Agaricus campestris <br> This Mushroom when it first appears is of a rounded or <br> button-like form of a white color and apparently rests on <br> the surface of the ground When fully developed the <br> stem is solid two or three inches <br> high and about half an inch in <br> diameter ; its cap measures from <br> an inch to three and sometimes <br> even upwards of four inches in <br> diameter is of a white color <br> changing to brown when old and <br> becoming scurfy fleshy and re- <br> gularly convex but with age <br> flat and liquefying in decay ; the <br> gills are loose of a pinkish-red changing to liver-color in <br> contact with but not united to the stem very thick-set some <br> forked next the stem some next the edge of the cap some at <br> both ends and generally in that case excluding the interme- <br> diate smaller gills <br> Loudon says that it is most readily distinguished when of <br> middle size by its fine pink or flesh-colored gills and plea- <br> sant smell In a more advanced stage the gills become of a <br> chocolate color ; and it is then more liable to be confounded <br> with other kinds of dubious quality but the species which <br> most nearly resembles it is slimy to the touch and destitute of <br> the fine odor having rather a disagreeable smell Further the <br> noxious kind grows in woods or on the margin of woods ; <br> while the true Mushroom springs up chiefly in open pastures <br> and should be gathered only in such places <br> Cultivation ” This is the only species that has as yet <br> beeo subjected to successful cultivation; though there can be <br> little doubt that all or most of the terrestrial-growing sorts 29062918 92326 42073 Page 580 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/29062918 1863 10 5962/bhl title 42073 Burr Fearing NameFound Agaricus campestris NameConfirmed Agaricus campestris EOLID 1004413 NameBankID 1620797 Biodiversity Heritage Library The field and garden vegetables of America United States Varieties Vegetable gardening Vegetables Library Congress bhl page 29062918 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/29062918 united states Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2011-08-02 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/6002644946 2015-09-10 20 58 40 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The field and garden vegetables of America Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script
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