72 MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE. AND OTHERWISE 



The gills arc ejnarginate, crowded, rather undulate, dingy, reddish often 

 yellowish, easily separating from the pileus. 



The stem is stuffed, equal, smooth, elastic. 



They grow in clusters in mixed wood. They are mild to the taste. 



Tricholotna album. ScJiceff. 



The White Tricholoma. Edible. 



Album means white. 



The pileus is two to four inches broad, fleshy, entirely white, convex, then 

 depressed, obtuse, smooth, dry. disc frequently tinged with yellow, margin at 

 first involute, at length repand. 



The gills are rounded behind, rather crowded, thin, white, broad. 



The stem is two to four inches long, solid, firm, narrowed upwards, smooth. 



This plant is quite plentiful in our woods, growing usually in groups. It 

 grows upon the leaf mould and is frequently quite large. It is quite acrid to 



Figure 52. Tricholotna album. Entirely white. 



