Champignon
(Marasmius oreades). This has long been known as an esculent mushroom, and it is greatly esteemed throughout France. It is sometimes described in books as the Fairy-ring Mushroom, but several others have an equal claim to that title. It may be readily distinguished from the closely allied poisonous species, M. urens, with which it sometimes grows, in having the stem quite bare, and in its less crowded gills.