MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



except slightly swollen at the base, colored much like the cap hut usually paler. 

 When old it is sometimes hollow on account of the insects mining it. The spores 

 are white and elliptical, .00025 mcn long'- 



I found this mushroom near Salem, Ohio, Bowling Green, Ohio, and on 

 Ralston's Run near Chillicothe. Found in mixed woods from September to 

 November. 



Tricholotna terriferum. Pk. 

 The Earth-bearing Tricholoma. Edible. 



Terriferum. earth-bearing', alluding to the viscid cap's holding particles of 

 loam and pine needles to it as it breaks through the soil. This is a meaty mush- 

 room, and when properly cleaned makes an appetizing dish. 



The pileus is convex, irregular, wavy on the margin and rolled inward, 

 smooth, viscid, pale yellow, sometimes whitish, generally covered with loam on 

 account of the sticky surface of the cap, flesh white. 



The gills are white, thin, close, slightly adnexed. 



The stem is short, fleshy, solid, equal, mealy, very slightly bulbous at the base. 



Found near Salem, Ohio, on lion. J. Thwing I>rooks' farm September to 

 October. 



Tricholotna fumidellutn. Pk. 

 Tut': Smoky Tricholoma. Edible. 



Fumidellum smoky, because of the clay-colored caps clouded with brown. 



The pileus is one to two inches broad, convex, then expanded, subumbonate, 

 bare, moist, dingy-white or clay-color clouded with brown, the disk or umbo gen- 

 erally smoky brown. 



The gills are crowded, subventricose. whitish. 



The stem is one and a half to two and a half inches long, equal, bare, solid 

 whitish. The spores minute, subglobose, 4-5x4/1. Peck, 44 Rep. 



The specimens T found grew in a mixed woods in the leaf-mold. They are 

 found only occasionally in our woods in September and October. 



Tricholotna leitcocephalutn. Fr. 

 The White-capped Tricholoma. Edible. 



I.eucoeephaium is from two Greek words meaning white and head, referring 

 to the white caps. 



'Idie pileus is one and a half to two inches across, convex, then plane; even, 

 moist, smooth when the silky veil is gone, water-soaked after a rain; flesh thin, 

 tough, smell mealy, taste mild and pleasant. 



