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MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



Tricholoma melaleucum Dark Tricholoma 



C a ]) rather small, 2-7 cm., dark gray or smoke-colored, smooth, miibonate, bell- 

 shaped to convex: stem rather slender, 5-12 cm. by 1 cm., whitish, with a few 

 threads, stutied or hollow, elastic; gills sinuate, white, broad, crowded; spores 

 ellipsoid. 9-10 X 5-6/x. The name refers to the contrast between the dark cap and 

 white gills. 



( )ii tlie ground in woods, in autumn ; probably edible, though nut tested by 

 the writer. 



Tricholoma patulum Scallop Top 



Cap medium to large, 5-15 cm. wide, white to grayish, rarely with a tinge 

 <")f vellow, smootli, convex, then plane and upturned, the margin folded and scal- 



FlGLRE 11. rklCHOLOMA PAIULUM 



loped; stem short and thick. 2-6 cm. by 1-2 cm., white to grayish, sninoth l)ut 

 powdered at the top. solid : gills sinuate, white, or whitish, crowded, often con- 

 nected by veins; spores ellipsoid, 7-8 X 4-5//,. The name refers to the spreading 

 cap. 



( )n the ground in woods, late summer and autumn; ])robably edible but not 

 tested by the writer. 



CLITOCYBE 



This genus is distinguished by the sloping or decurrent attachment of the 

 gills and the fleshy stem. It lacks both ring and volva, as does Trie h o 1 o m a. 



