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when dry, sometimes a shade of yellow on the disk. The flesh is white, 

 taste mild, mushroom odor, entire plant white. 



The gills are notched at the stem, rather crowded, unspotted, white. 



The stem is rather long, solid, stout, smooth, sometimes flocculose at 

 the apex, frequently slightly bulbous, even, white. 



This is a beautiful plant found growing in mixed woods on a northern 

 hillside among leaves. In Figure 222 is given a sample set of the species. 



TRICHOLOMA FUNESCENS Pk. 



The word funescens means growing smoky. The entire plant is of a 

 dingy white. The gills are a cream white, soon changing to a smoky 

 color with a blue or blackish color where bruised. 



The caps are two to three inches broad, at first convex, then ex- 

 panded and frequently wavy as will be seen in a Figure to be given later, 

 dry, dingy white, with a fine tomentum. 



The gills are narrow, notched at the stem, cream color, changing to 

 a smoky blue or blackish where bruised, crowded. 



The stem is short, round, sometimes slightly tapering downward, 

 whitish. The spores are oblong-elliptical, 5-6.5 m. 



This species will be readily identified by the fine crowded gills and the 

 smoky blue or blackish hue they assume when bruised or in age. 



They are found in mixed woods on the ground among leaves. I find 

 them on the north hillsides about Chillicothe, during September and 

 November. 



TRICHOLOMA SQUARRULOSUM Bres. 



The specific name, squarruolsiim, means full of scales; the caps, as 

 shown in a Figure to be given later, are very scaly. 



The caps are two to three inches broad, convex at first, then expanded, 

 slightly wavy at times, margin somewhat involute at first, dry brownish 

 tinge, then a lurid tan, darker in the center of disk, broadly umbonate, 

 margin exceeding gills. 



The gills are rather broad, crowded, whitish gray, changing to a red- 

 ish color when bruised, slightly notched at the stem. 



The stem is somewhat paler than the pileus, two to three inches long, 

 more or less scaly. The spores are elliptical, 7-9 x 4-5 /i. 



This is an attractive plant growing in mixed woods among leaves. 

 The caps are covered with black or reddish black squannilcs, which give 

 rise to the name of the species. I have only succeeded in finding the plant 

 in October. The specimens which will be' shown in a later Numlicr were 

 found in Poke Hollow near Chillicothe, Ohio. They are edible and of good 

 flavor. 



TRICHOLOMA TERREUM Schaeff. 



The word tcrrcum is from Latin terra, the earth; so-called because of 

 its color. It is known as the Gray Tricholoma; however, it is quite vari- 

 able both in size and color, as well as in the manner of growth. 



The pileus is usually dry, fleshy, two to three inches broad, often 

 umbonate, grayish-brown or mouse-color. 



The gills are adnexed. not close, white, becoming grayish. 



The stem is one to three inches high, whitish, fibrillose, paler than 

 the cap. 



I find this plant on the north hillsides in beech woods. It is not 

 plentiful about Chillicothe. There are several varieties of this species. 

 It is edible and the time for its appearance is Scpteml)cr to November. 



