THE WHITE-SPORED AGARICS 



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Tricholoma melaleucum. Pcrs. 



The; Changeable: Tricholoma. 



Melaleucum, black and white ; from contrasted colors of the cap and gills. 

 This Tricholoma grows in abundance in northern Ohio. I have found it 

 in the woods near Bowling Green, Ohio. The specimens in the halftone were 

 found near Sandusky, Ohio, and were photographed by Dr. Kellerman. It is 

 usually found 

 in sandy soil, 

 growing sin- 

 gly in shady 

 woods. 



The pileus 

 fleshy, thin, 

 from one to 

 three inches 

 broad, con- 

 vex, rather 

 broadly um- 

 b o n a t e , 

 smooth, moist, 

 with variable 

 color, usually 

 pale, nearly 

 white at first, 

 later much 

 darker, some- 

 times slightly 

 wavy. 



The gills 

 are notched, 

 adnexed, ven- 

 t r i c o s e , 

 crowded, 

 white. 



The stem is 

 stuffed, then 

 hollow, elas- 

 tic, from two 

 to four inches 

 long, some- 

 what smooth, 



whitish, Sprin- 

 kled With a Figure so. Tricholoma melaleucum. Two-thirds natural size. 



