scattered young pines, often called "second growth" pine, or 

 "pine thickets," where it has a fair supply of sunlight. It ap- 

 pears in autumn, and in the more southern States continues 

 through December. 



It has not before been classed among the edible species, but at 

 least two of my correspondents have eaten it freely, and one of 

 them says that he and his family regard it as the best of two or 

 three kinds that they have been in the habit of eating. I there- 

 fore confidently add it to the list of edible species. 



From the Sulphur tricholoma, Tricholoma sulpJiureum, 

 which has been suspected of being dangerous or unwholesome, 

 and which is wholly of a sulphury yellow color, our plant is 



easily separated by its viscid 

 cap, closer gills and paler 

 solid stem, for the cap of the 

 sulphury mushroom is not vis- 

 *^^^^ cid, its gills are wide apart, its 

 stem is stuffed or hollow, and 

 of a sulphur - yellow color, 

 and besides, the plant has a 

 strong disagreeable odor. 



The Changing tricholoma, 

 Tricholoma transmutans, has 

 the cap viscid or sticky on 

 the surface when moist. It 

 is at first tawny-red, but be- 

 comes reddish-brown with ad- 

 vancing age, sometimes retaining the paler hue on the margin 

 longer than in the centre. The flesh is white and has a decided 

 farinaceous odor and taste. The gills are closely placed, notched 

 at their inner extremity, as is usual in all species of this genus, at 

 first whitish or yellowish white, but becoming dingy with age 

 and usually exhibiting reddish-brown spots or stains. The stem 

 is almost as long as the diameter of the cap, but in exceptional 

 cases it may be much shorter. It is paler than the cap, becom- 

 ing darker when old than it was when young. It is stuffed or 

 hollow. The cap is two to four inches broad, the stem two to 

 four inches long and usually about half an inch thick. 



The Changing mushroom grows in woods and in open places, 

 either singly or in tufts. When it grows in tufts the caps are 

 often irregular because of crowding upon or against each other. 

 It is a rather late growing species, appearing in wet weather 

 from August to October in this latitude. It is a good acquisition 

 to our food supplv. 



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Tricholoma eqncstre. T. triinsmutans. 



