Agaricaceae 



Trichoioma. When T. personatum becomes known to the collector, either in the 

 field or on the table, it is sure to become a favorite. It is fleshy, rotund, 

 stocky, moist and smooth, with a tendency in its cap to be wavy-rimmed 

 and jauntily cocked in wet weather. It grows singly or in troops, oc- 

 casionally in tufts of from five to six individuals. A patch of it is valu- 

 able and worth husbanding with covering of fine straw. Cortinarius 

 violaceus resembles it somewhat in color and shape, but it shows a spi- 

 dery veil, and has brown spores. It is edible. 



The common name of T. personatum in England is Blewits, which 

 translated into understandable English is believed to be "blue-hats.'.' 

 It is everywhere eaten, being of substantial substance, good flavor and 

 cookable in any way. It is especially fine in patties, stews and cro- 

 quettes. 



T. nil'dum Bull. naked. Pileus about 3 in. broad, becoming purple- 

 violaceous then changing color, reddish, fleshy, comparatively thin, con- 

 vexo-plane then depressed, obtuse, even, smooth, with a pellicle which 

 is moist and manifest in rainy weather; margin inflexed, thin, naked. 

 Flesh thin, pliant, colored. Stem about 3 in. long, % in. thick, stuffed, 

 elastic, equal, almost naked, mealy at the apex, violaceous then becoming 

 pale. Gills rounded then decurrent (on account of the depressed pileus ) , 

 crowded, narrow, of the same color as the pileus or deeper violaceous, 

 but soon changing color, at length reddish without the least tinge of 

 violet. Stevenson. 



Spores 7x3. 5/". Massee; 6-8x4/1, B.; 6x3/x W.G.S. On ground 

 among leaves. Esculent, very good and delicate. Cordier. Edible. 

 Rose. Edible, all American authorities. 



VII. HYGROPH'ANA. Pileus thin, water-soaked, etc. 



* Gills whitish, not spotted. 



T, grammopo'dium Bull. Gr. a line; Gr. a foot. Pileus 3-6 in. 

 broad, pallid-livid or brownish-red when moist, whitish when dry, 

 fleshy, very thin toward the margin, campanulate then convex, and at 

 length flattened, obtusely umbonate, even, smooth, pellicle moist in 

 rainy weather, not viscous, separating, flesh-colored when moist, white 

 when dry, soft, fragile. Stem tall, about 3-4 in. long, * in. and more 



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