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Figure 53. Panaeolus<br />
solidipes. <strong>Edible</strong> but<br />
not recommended.<br />
COMMON EDIBLE MUSHROOMS<br />
mon on manured ground and on compost<br />
heaps containing straw and manure.<br />
The cap is from 2 to 4 inches wide,<br />
hemispherical when young but later only<br />
somewhat convex, white or very pale yellow,<br />
and usually quite smooth. The gills<br />
are gray when young, becoming a variegated<br />
black and gray as they mature; in<br />
old specimens they are somewhat soft and<br />
slimy. The stem is from 4 to 6 inches<br />
long and seldom more than 1/4 inch wide,<br />
white, solid, and brittle. The top of the<br />
stem is delicately ridged, and in young<br />
plants small droplets of liquid are exuded<br />
from that portion just below the gills,<br />
standing out in tiny clear beads, as Figure<br />
53 shows.<br />
Figure 54. Panaeolus solidipes. <strong>Edible</strong> but not recommended.<br />
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