THE WH1TE-SP0RED AGARICS 



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The stem is whitish, fibrillose, equal, paler than the cap, varying from solid 

 to stuffed or hollow, one to three inches high. 



I find this plant on north hillsides, in beech woods. It is not plentiful. There 

 are several varieties : 



Var. orirubens. Q. Edge of gills reddish. 



Var. atrosquamosum. Chev. Pileus gray wjth small black scales ; g. whitish. 

 Var. argyraceum. Bull. Entirely pure white, or pileus grayish. 

 Var. chrysites. Jungh. Pileus tinged yellowish or greenish. 

 The plants in Figure 55 were found in Poke Hollow near Chillicothe. Their 

 time is September to November. 



Tricholoma saponaceum. Fr. 



Saponaceum is from sapo, soap, 

 so called from its peculiar odor. 



The pileus is two to three inches 

 broad, convex, then plane, involute 

 at first as will be seen in Figure 56, 

 smooth, moist in wet weather but 

 not viscid, often cracked into scale? 

 or punctate, grayish or livid-brown, 

 often with a tinge of olive, flesh 

 firm, becoming more or less red 

 when cut or wounded. 



The gills are uncinately emargin- 

 ate, thin, quite entire, not crowded, 

 white, sometimes tinged with green. 

 Spores subglobose, 5X4/Z. 



The stem is solid, unequal, root- 

 ing, smooth, sometimes reticulated 

 with black fibrils or scaly. 



This species is found quite fre- 

 quently about Chillicothe. It is 

 quite variable in size and color, but 

 can be readily recognized from its 

 peculiar odor and the flesh's becom- 

 ing reddish when wounded. It is 

 not poisonous but its odor will pre- 

 vent any one from eating it. Found 

 in mixed woods from August to 

 November. 



Figure 56. Tricholoma saponaceum. 



