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The caps vary in width from 1 to 4 inches ; the stems are from 3 to 5 

 inches long, and 2 to 5 lines thick. Sometimes plants attain even larger dimen- 

 sions than these. The plants grow singly or in tufts in grassy ground or on 

 old stumps. They may be found from July to October. 



In a European species, Lepiota badhami Berk., the plant turns 

 red when bruised, but according to the description of that plant its cap is 

 not white but brown or sooty brown, and its scales also are brown and small. 

 The margin of the cap is not striate and the stem is more or less bulbous at 

 the base. 



Tricholoma terreum fragrans Pk. 



Fragrant Tricholoma 



PLATE 45, fig. 6-15 



Pileus convex or nearly plane, dry, innately fibrillose or minutely floc- 

 cose squamulose, grayish brown or blackish brown ; lamellae rather broad, 

 adnexed, whitish or cinereous ; stem equal, solid or stuffed, rarely hollow, 

 whitish ; spores broadly elliptic, .00024 to .00028 of an inch long, .00016 to 

 .0002 broad. 



The fragrant tricholoma has a distinct farinaceous odor and flavor. In 

 other respects it closely resembles the earth colored tricholoma, of which it 

 is considered a mere variety. The typical European plant is said to be 

 without odor or nearly so and has not been classed among the edible 

 species by European writers. But our variety, though not high flavored, 

 is fairly good and entirely harmless. Its cap varies considerably in color 

 but is some shade of gray or brown. Its center is without any prominence 

 or very bluntly prominent, and its surface is commonly very obscurely 

 marked with innate fibrils or in small plants, may have very small floccu- 

 lent tufts or scales. The flesh is whitish, as also are the gills, though 

 these sometimes assume a more decided grayish hue. They are rather 

 broad and loose and sometimes uneven on the edge or even split trans- 

 versely. They are usually deeply excavated next the stem and attached to 

 it by a narrow part. The stem is whitish or slightly shaded with the color 

 of the cap. It often has a few longitudinal fibrils, but never any collar. 

 It may be either solid, stuffed or spongy within or, in large specimens, 

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