Leucosporae 



thick, exterior hard, shining, fibrous; interior hollow but solid at base Trichoioma. 

 which is attenuated and rooting, twisted. Smell strong of new meal. 

 Taste pleasant. 



Spores 9-10x7-8/4. 



Mt. Gretna, Pa. Grassy woods and borders. October to November, 

 1898. Mcllvaine. 



Quite common. The caps are excellent. 



T. al'bum Schaeff. albus, white. PiletlS fleshy, tough, convex, 

 becoming plane or depressed, obtuse, very dry, even, glabrous, white, 

 sometimes yellowish on the disk, rarely wholly yellowish, the margin at 

 first involute. Flesh white, taste acrid or bitter. Gills emarginate, some- 

 what crowded, distinct, white. Stem solid, elastic, equal or tapering 

 upward, externally fibrous, obsoletely frosted at the apex, white. Spores 

 elliptical, 5 6/u. long. 



PileuS 2-4 in. broad. Stem 2-4 in. long, 4-6 lines thick. 



Woods. Common. August to October. This species is variable in 

 color and in size, being sometimes robust, sometimes slender. It grows 

 singly, in troops or in tufts. It has no decided odor, but a bitter un- 

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



Cooked, tender and of fair flavor. 



** Gills becoming discolored, 



T. persona'tum Fr. wearing a mask (from its many varieties of 

 colors). (Plate XVIII, p. 60.) PileilS compact, becoming soft, 

 thick, convex or plane, obtuse, regular, moist, bare, variable in color, 

 generally pallid or ashy tinged with violet or lilac, the margin at first 

 involute and frosted with fine hairs. Flesh whitish. Gills broad, 

 crowded, rounded behind, free, violaceous becoming sordid-whitish or 

 dingy-brown. Stem generally thick, subbulbous, solid, fibrillose or 

 frosted with fine hairs, whitish or colored like the pileus. Spores dingy 

 white, subelliptical, 8-9x4-5^. On white paper the spores have a 

 slight salmon tint, but they are regular in shape, not angular as in En- 

 toloma. 



PileilS 2-5 in. broad. Stem 1-3 in. long, 6-12 lines thick. Peck, 

 44th Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Woods and open places, and growing from old, matted stable straw. 

 Common over the United States. 



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