THE WHlTH-SPORlin AC ARK'S 



particles when young and fresh, but becoming- smooth with advancing age. The 

 color of the stem is much like the cap but perhaps a shade lighter. 



The cap is from one to five inches broad, and the stem from one to three 

 inches high. It grows singly or in groups. It is found in thin woods and thickets. 

 It delights to grow where an old saw mill has stood. 



The finest speci- 

 mens of this species 

 that I ever saw 

 grew on a pile of 

 compost of what 

 had been green cobs 

 from the canning 

 factory. They had 

 lain in the pile 

 for about three 

 years and late in 

 November the com- 

 post was literally 

 covered with this 

 species, many of 

 whose caps exceed- 

 ed five inches while 

 the color and figura- 

 tion of the plants 

 were quite typical. 



In English books 

 this plant is spoken 

 of as Blewits and in 

 France as Blue- 

 stems, but the stems 

 in this country are 

 inclined to be lilac 

 or violet, and then 

 only in the younger 

 plants. 



The spores are 

 nearly elliptical and 

 dingy white, but in 

 masses on white 



paper they have a salmon tint. Its smooth, almost shining, unbroken 

 epidermis and its peculiar peach-blossom tint distinguish it from all other species 

 of the Tricholoma. There is a white variety, very plentiful in our woods, which 

 is illustrated in Figure 62. They are found only in leaf-mould in the woods. 

 September to freezing weather. 



Figure 6j. Tricholoma personatum. Two-thirds natural 

 entire plant white. 



The 



