MUSHROOM GROWING 



named species is known in Japan as ^'Mat- 

 sutake." 



Tricholoma, Blewitts. The genus Tri- 

 choloma embraces a very large number of 

 species of mushrooms, nearly all of which 

 are of considerable size. Seldom is a spe- 

 cies met whose cap measures less than two 

 inches in diameter and often it is as much 

 as ^vt inches. The genus is not so strik- 

 ingly distinguished from other mushrooms 

 by easily recognizable characters as is the 

 case with Coprinus or Agaricus. For 

 those who wish to try the edibility of prac- 

 tically all mushrooms within reach it is of 

 interest to note that only a single species 

 among the 200 or more now embraced in 

 the genus Tricholoma has been marked 

 even suspicious. Moreover, this inedible 

 one is uncommon and could never be mis- 

 taken for any of the larger species, much 

 less for the one or two members of this 

 genus which are here described and recom- 

 mended. Before any general use of the 

 species of Tricholoma, one should, how- 



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