i8 MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



(2) Cap smooth 



(a) (nils violet or lilac, brownish in age T. pcrsonatum 



(b) Gills white 

 X. Cap white 



(x) Margin even; taste sharp or bitter T. album 



(y) Margin scalloped: taste mild T. patulum 



y. Cap dark : taste mild T. mclalcucum 



Tricholoma saponaceum Soap Cap 



Cap large. 5-10 cm. wide, grayish to brown, the surface dotted or more or 

 less cracked into scales or fibrils, moist hut not sticky when wet, edge turned in at 

 first, then convex and expanded, the flesh reddening when wounded : stem stout. 

 4-10 cm. by 1 cm., sometimes rooting at base, whitish or grayish, often with black 

 hairs, solid; gills sinuate, whitish, narrow, distant; spores subglobose. 4-5/^.. 

 The name refers to the soapy smell. 



On ground in woodland; not poisonous but extremely distasteful. 



Tricholoma sulphureum Sulphur Cap 



Cap medium, 2-8 cm. wide, sulphur-yellow when young, becoming dingy or 

 reddish, finely hairy or silky at first, then smooth, convex to expanded, flesh yellow, 

 unchanging; stem 5-10 cm. by ^-1 cm., sulphur-yellow, smooth, stuflfed or hollow; 

 gills sinuate, sulphur-yellow; spores oblong-elliptic, 10 X 5:/x. The name 

 refers to the color of the whole plant. 



On ground in woods ; smell and taste very forbidding, though the plant is not 

 certainly known to be poisonous. 



Tricholoma sejunctum Sticky Tricholoma 



C a p medium. 4-8 cm. wide, whitish to light yellow, the surface stickv when 

 moist and with dark threads, convex to expanded, umbonate ; stem stout. 4-10 cm. 

 by 1 cm., shining white, smooth, solid ; gills sinuate, white, broad, readily separat- 

 ing from the stem; spores subglobose. 6-7/x. The name refers to the readiness 

 with which the gills separate from the stem. 



On ground in woods ; edible, tender and well-flavored. 



Tricholoma grande Large Tricholoma 



Cap large. 10-14 cm. wide, white or whitish, often darker toward the disk. 

 roughened with brownish scales, more or less silky toward the margin, hemispheric 

 to convex and finally irregular: stem stdut. 5-10 cm. bv 2-4 cm., pure white, some- 

 Avhat fibrillose, solid; gills sinuate, white, clo.se; spores elliptic, 9-10 X 6/*. 

 The name refers to the large size. 



On ground among fallen leaves; edible, but scarcely desirable. 



