THE WHITE-SPORED AGARICS 



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It is found in richly manured gardens, about manure piles, and in hot-houses. 

 The specimens in Figure 44 were found in a hot-house near Boston, Mass., and 

 sent to me by Airs. E. Blackford. They are found in September and October. 



Figure 44. Tricholoma sordidum. 



Tricholoma gr ammo podium. Bull. 

 The Grooved Stem Tricholoma. Edible. 



Grammopodium is from two Greek words meaning line and foot. 



The pileus is three to six inches broad, flesh thick at the center, thin at the 

 margin, solid yet tender; brownish, blackish-umber, almost a dingy-lavender when 

 moist, whitish when dry ; at first bell-shaped, then convex, sometimes slightly 

 wavy, obtusely umbonate ; margin at first inclined to be involute, and extending 

 beyond the gills. 



The gills are attached to the stem, broadly notched as will be seen in the 

 specimen, closely crowded, quite entire, shorter ones numerous, a few branched, 

 white or whitish. 



The stem is three to four inches long, thickened at the base, smooth, firm, 

 longitudinally grooved from which it gets its specific name, whitish. 

 The spores are nearly round, 5-6/u,. 

 It closely resembles T. fuligineum but can be distinguished by the grooved 



