Guide to the Mushrooms 65 



TRICHOLOMA sejunctum (Sow.) 



Cap. — 4 inches broad^ convex^ then expanded^ 

 slightly umbonate;, viscid when moist, yellowish 

 white^ streaked with dark threadlike fibrils; ir- 

 regular in shape; margin, thin, uneven. 



Flesh. — White, very fragile. 



Gills. — Notched near stem from which they are 

 easily separated, their distinguishing characteristic, 

 hence the name sejunctum, broad, rather distant, 

 white. 



Spore. — Subglobose, white. 



Ste}}}. — 1 to 3 inches long 3-4 inches thick, solid, 

 smooth, irregular in shape, white. 



Ring. — None. 



Volva. — None. 



O^or.— Mild. 



Taste.— MildL. 



Habitat. — Open woods, September and October, 

 not very common, growing singly, in eastern and 

 central sections of United States. 



Edible. — 



CLITOCYBE laccata (Scop.) 



Cap. — 1-2 to 2 inches broad, thin, convex, later 

 expanded and wavy, sometimes with a slight umbo 

 or knob in the center; smooth or minutely scaley, 

 of a watery appearance when moist; varying in 



