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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



The stem is spongy-fleshy, equal, sometimes abruptly narrowed at the base, 

 solid, stout, fibrillose, pallid or whitish. The spores are oblong or subfusiform, 

 pointed at the ends, uninucleate, .0003 inch long. .00016 broad. Peck. 



I found the plant on several occasions in the month of November, but was 

 unable to fix it satisfactorily until Prof. Morgan helped me out. The specimens 



Figure 59. Tricholoma maculatescens. One-third natural -ize. 



in Figure 59 were found on Thanksgiving day in the Morion woods, in Gallia 



County. Ohio. I had found several specimens about Chillicothe, previous to this. 



This species seems to be very mar T. flavobrunneum, T. graveolens, and T. 



Schumacheri. but may be distinguished from them by the spotting of the pileus 



when drying and the peculiar shape of the spores. 



It is found among the leaves in mixed woods even during freezing weather. 

 It is no doubt edible, but I should try it cautiously for the first time. 



