THE WHITE-SPORED AGARICS 



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the taste when raw, but this is overcome in cooking. It is found from August to 

 October. 



These plants are quite plentiful on the wooded hillsides about Chillicothe. 

 Those in Figure 52 were found on Ralston's" Run and photographed by Dr. 

 Kellerman. 



Tricholcma iiiibricattiin. Fr. 

 The; Imbricated Trichou>ma. Edible. 



Imbricatum 

 means covered 

 with tiles, iiii- 

 breces, referring 

 to the lacerated 

 condition of the 

 cap. This spe- 

 cies is very close- 

 ly related to T. 

 transmutans in 

 size, color and 

 taste. It is, how- 

 ever, easily sep- 

 arated by its dry 

 cap and solid 

 stem. Its cap is 

 reddish - brown 

 o r cinnamon- 

 brown, and its 

 surface often 

 presents a some- 

 what scaly ap- 

 pearance lie- 

 cause the epi- 

 dermis becomes 

 lacerated or torn 

 into small irreg- 

 ular fragments 

 which adhere 

 and seem to 

 overlap like 

 shingles on a 

 roof. The flesh 

 is firm, white, 



Photo by C. G. Lloyd 



Figure 53. Tricholoma imbricatum. 



and has a farinaceous taste as well as odor. The gills are white, becoming red or 

 rusty spotted, rather close, and notched. The stem is solid, firm, nearly equal, 



