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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



turning to a light gray tinged with an intimation of red, notched with a de- 

 current tooth. 



The stem is short, slightly bulbous, tapering upward, solid, smooth, about 

 the same color as the cap. The spores are subglobose, 5-6. 



I found the specimens in Figure 48 under pine trees, growing on a bed of 

 pine needles, on Cemetery Hill. They were found on the 9th of November. 



Var. calceolum, Sterb., has the pileus spongy, deformed, thin, soft, expanded, 

 edge incurved, sooty-gray ; gills smoky ; stem excentric. fusiform, very short. 



Tricholoma columbetta. Fr. 

 The Dove-Colored Tricholoma. Edible. 



' Columbetta is the diminutive 

 of columba, a dove; so called 

 from the color of the plant. The 

 pileus is from one to four inches 

 broad, fleshy, convex, then ex- 

 panded; at first smooth, then 

 silky ; white, center sometimes a 

 dilute mouse color shading to a 

 white, frequently a tinge of pink- 

 will be seen on the margin, which 

 is at first inrolled, tomentose in 

 young plants, sometimes cracked. 

 The gills are notched at the 

 junction of the stem, crowded, 

 thin, white, brittle. 



The stem is two inches or more 

 long, solid, white, cylindrical, un- 

 equal, often compressed, smooth, 

 crooked, silky especially in young 

 plants, hullx his. Spores .00023 

 by .00018 inch. Flesh white, 

 taste mild. 



This is a beautiful plant, seem- 

 ing to be quite free from insects, 

 and will remain sound for several 

 days on your study table. 1 had no end of trouble with it till Dr. I lerbst suggested 

 the species. It is quite plentiful here. Dr. Peck gives quite a number of vari< 

 Curtis, Mcllvaine, Stevenson, and Cooke all speak of its esculent qualities. Found 

 in the woods in September and October. 



Tricholoma columbetta. One-third natural mzc 

 Caps white. Stems bulbous. 



