86 MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Tricholoma nudum. Bull. 

 The Naked Tricholoma. Edible. 



Nudum, naked, bare ; from the character of the margin. The pileus is two 

 to three inches broad, fleshy, rather thin, convex, then expanded, slightly de- 

 pressed ; smooth, moist, the whole plant violet at first, changing color, margin 

 involute, thin, naked, often wavy. 



The gills are narrow, rounded behind, slightly decurrent when the plant 

 becomes depressed, crowded, violet at first, changing to a reddish-brown without 

 any tinge of violet. 



The stem is two to three inches long, stuffed, elastic, equal, at first violaceous, 

 then becoming pale, more or less mealy. Spores 7x3.5^. 



I found some very fine specimens among the leaves in the woods in Haynes' 

 Hollow, near Chillicothe. October and November. 



Tricholoma gainbosum. Fr. 

 St. George's Mushroom. Edible. 



Gambosum. with a swelling of the hoof, gamba. The pileus is three to six 

 inches broad, sometimes even larger; very thick, convex, expanded, depressed, 

 commonly cracked here and there; smooth, suggesting soft kid leather; margin 

 involute at first, pale ochre or yellowish white. 



The gills are notched, with an adnexed tooth, densely crowded, ventricose, 

 moist, various lengths, yellowish white. 



The stem is short, solid, flocculose at apex, substance creamy white : swollen 

 slightly at the base. The spores are white. 



It is called St. George's mushroom in England because it appears about the 

 time of St. George's day. April 23d. It frequently grows in rings or crescents. 

 Tt has a very strong odor. Its season is May and Tune. 



Tricholoma portcutosum. Fr. 

 The Strange Tricholoma. Edible. 



Portentosum means strange or monstrous. 



The pileus is three to five inches broad, fleshy, convex, then expanded, sub- 

 umbonate. viscid, sooty, often with purple tinge, frequently unequal and turned 

 up, streaked with dark lines, the thin margin naked, flesh hot compact, white, 

 fragile, and mild. 



