Common Edible Mushrooms

COMMON EDIBLE MUSHROOMS
Figure 47. Hypholoma incertum (Uncertain Hypholoma). Edible
but uninteresting. The veil has remained as a partial ring on the stem.
Edible but uninteresting: HYPHOLOMA INCERTUM
(Uncertain Hypholoma)
The name refers to the variability of this common mushroom
(Figure 47 and Plate 4E). The cap is from 2 to 3 inches wide,
convex or flat, at first pale tan but later white or nearly so. Sometimes
inconspicuous silky scales are present on the surface. Delicate
fragments of the veil remain attached to the margin of the
cap for a short time before they dry up. As the cap opens, the
gills are white, soon becoming a pale, then a dark, purple, their
lower edges delicately fringed with white. The stems are slender,
hollow, and brittle.
The plant grows in scattered groups around stumps and above
woody debris buried in the soil, coming up from spring until
fall. Successive crops may appear in the same place every year,
or even several times a year for long periods. Though edible it is
only average in flavor.
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