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Key to Pale-Spored, Gilled Mushrooms (MushroomExpert.Com) (1120 words) |
 | Gills thick, often distant, flesh-colored to purplish, attached to the stem but not often running down it; cap some shade of brown, light brown, orange brown, reddish brown, reddish, orangish, or purplish (but often fading to whitish); stem tough. |
| Gills usually running down the stem; cap convex or plane--or, often, shallowly depressed to vase-shaped; stem fleshy (not cartilaginous or differently textured than the cap); many species with a sweet or anise-like odor; many species white, brownish, or yellowish brown; orange colors never present. |
| Gills running down the stem or broadly attached to it; cap convex or plane--or, often, shallowly depressed to vase-shaped; stem fleshy (not cartilaginous or differently textured than the cap); many species with a sweet or anise-like odor; many species white, brownish, or yellowish brown; orange colors never present. |
| Iris Herbal Products - More Information On Medicinal Mushrooms (813 words) |
| Mushrooms produce several important medicinal compounds in both the mycelium (the web-like mass of cells that is sort of like the root structure of the mushroom, and is often located in the ground or tree) and the fruiting body-what we call the actual mushroom. |
| The medicinal compounds in mushrooms are primarily antibiotics, ergosterols, glycoproteins, polysaccharides, and triterpenes. |
| This delicious, well-known gilled mushroom is native to Japan, Korea, and China. |
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