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'J'RICHOLOMA SEJUNCTUM Sow. 



Thi.s is called sejunctum because the gills easily separate from the 

 tem. It is a beautiful plant growing in beech woods among the leaves. 



The caps two to three inches broad, convex, then expanded, broadly 

 nibonatc, viscid when moist, light yellow in color, streaked with black 

 ibres, margin of the cap thin, odor frecpiently strong, taste mild. 



The gills arc notched at the stem, broad, rather distaiU, white, easily 

 eparating from the stem. 

 The stem is solid, smooth, stout, often swollen in the middle. Spores 



