Iieucosporae 



TRICHOLOMA TERREUM. 



One-half natural size. 



PileilS 1-2.5 in. broad. Stem 1-1.5 in. long, 3-5 lines thick. Tricholoma. 



Among mosses in open places. Greene county. September. Rare. 

 Peck, 44th Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Quite common in Pennsylvania and New Jersey on mossy wood 

 margins. It is of fair quality and flavor. 



T. ter'reum Schaefi the earth. (Plate XVIII, fig. 4, p. 60. ) Pi- 



leus fleshy, thin, soft, convex, cam- (Plate XXII.) 



panulate or nearly plane, obtuse or 

 umbonate, innately fibrillose or fioc- 

 cose-scaly, ashy-brown, grayish- 

 brown or mouse color. Flesh white 

 or whitish. Gills adnexed, subdis- 

 tant, more or less eroded on the edge, 

 white becoming ash-colored. Stem 

 equal, varying from solid to stuffed 

 or hollow, fibrillose, white or whitish. 

 Spores broadly elliptical, 6-7x4-5^. 



Pileus 1-3 in. broad. Stem 1-2 

 in. long, 24 lines thick. 



Woods. Albany, Rensselaer and Cattaraugus counties. September 

 to November. Peck, 44th Rep. N.Y. State Bot. 



Spores 7x5. 5/x. Morgan; 5-6/A Massee; 6-7x4/4 K.; 6p W.G.S. 



Eaten by Professor Peck. Eaten by Mcllvaine. Quality fair. 



T. ter'reum Schaeff. var. fra' grans Pk. PileilS convex or nearly 

 plane, dry, innately-fibrillose or minutely floccose-scaly, grayish-brown 

 or blackish-brown. Gills rather broad, adnexed, whitish or ash-colored. 

 Stem equal, solid or stuffed, rarely hollow, whitish. Spores broadly 

 elliptical, 6-7x4-5^. 



The Fragrant tricholoma has a distinct farinaceous odor and flavor. 

 In other respects it closely resembles the Earth-colored tricholoma of 

 which it is considered a mere variety. The typical European plant is 

 said to be without odor or nearly so and has not been classed among 

 the edible species by European writers. But our variety, though not 

 high-flavored, is fairly good and entirely harmless. Its cap varies con- 

 siderably in color but is some shade of gray or brown. Its center is 

 without any prominence or very bluntly prominent, and its surface is 



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