ities, and mv own cxixrii'iice confirms their estimate, and leads 

 me to consider ir a lirst-class inuslirooni. 



T ill' nut kiiuw of any daM<;('rous species with wliicli it can he 

 coni|iarc(l, luit there arc other species that resemhh' it soitiewliat 

 in color. Its spores are not a pure white, but rather whitish or 

 dirty wliite in color. The <;ills are se])aral)le from the cap, espe- 

 cially toward tile siciii. In I'hiiiiand ilie plani has recei\cd the 

 eonmioti name "I Hew it>/" and in I' ram-e, " I Uue-steni," though 

 its coh)r can scarcely he calleii iilne. 



Its smooth, almost >liinini:', uidirokeii and unadorned e])i(ler- 

 mis, and its pecidiar lilae tints distiiuiui>li it from all other spe- 

 (•ies of the T ncholiinin liel'e de-~ri'll)ed . 



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