TRICHOLOMA. 39 



This is a pure white Tricholonia, very viscid. The habitat is in empty 

 water ponds during a dr}- spell. It has a bitter taste and is not suitable 

 for esculent purposes. In appearance it is not unlike a naucinus. Com- 

 mon in our woods. 



On the ground in Kuhn's woods, near Chapman's station. September. 



T. sejunctum. Low. 



Pileus, flesh}^ convex then expanded, umbonate, slightly 

 viscid, streaked with innate brown or blackish fibrils, whitish 

 or yellowish, sometimes greeni.sh-yellow, flesh white, fragile. 



Gills, broad, subdistant, rounded behind or emarginate, 

 white. 



Stem, solid, stout, often irregular white. 



Spores, subglobose, .00025 inch broad. 



Pileus one to three inches broad ; stem one to three inches 

 long, four to eight lines thick. — Peck' s Report. 



A dark brown species, gills broad and frequently cracked. It is a 

 robust-looking specimen. Common late in summer. 



T. intermedium. Pk. 



Pileus, thin, campanulate, obtuse, glabrous, slightly viscid 

 when moist, greenish-yellow, flesh white. 



Gills, crowded, free or slightly adnexed, white. 



Spores, broadly elliptical, .0002 inch long, .00016 broad. 



Pileus two or three inches broad ; stem one to two inches 

 long, three to five lines thick. — Peck' s Reports. 



This specimen is called intermedium because it is intermediate between 

 equestris and sejunctum. 



T. terreum. Schaeff. 

 The earth-colored Tricholoma. 



Pileus, flesh thin, convex, campanulate, floccose, scaly, 

 mouse-color. 



