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The mushrooms were a new thing too -- white beech mushrooms, Hypsizygus tessellatus, which have that awful acrid taste that unripe persimmons have when raw (high tannin content, maybe?), but cook up into, well, mushrooms!
like falling stars through the universe we are hurled thecoughlin 2010
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I was walking around the kitchen all last night going "Hypsizygus tessellatus!" with great portentousness and magnificent gesticulations.
like falling stars through the universe we are hurled thecoughlin 2010
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Lachaume complains about the larvæ of two beetles, namely _Aphodius fimetarius_ and _Dermestes tessellatus_, which "cause great damage by eating the spawn, thereby breaking up the reproductive filaments."
Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure William Falconer
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HiroP44 () Photo: The Hypsizygus tessellatus or shimeji is an edible mushroom native to East Asia.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Thanyarat Doksone 2010
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It takes the place of that species throughout Mexico, also replacing the O. tessellatus in the drier parts of that country.
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The large number of specimens of the C. tessellatus and C. gularts in the National Museum collection show that the breaking up of the striped coloration appears fii'st at the posterior part of the dorsal region (i. e., the sacral and lumbar).
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These measure from .25 to .33 mm. in diameter, while those of the O. tessellatus measure .5 mm.; but this character does not always hold good.
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This species belongs to the O. sexlimatus series, as indicated by the scales of its collar, but it has the coarse scales of the C tessellatus.
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Of these the two external on each side correspond with the two external stripes of the young of the C, tessellatus.
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The color is generally of the C. tessellatus tessellatus type, but the black ground color is more persistent.
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