600 MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Tricholoma resplendens. Fr. 



The Shining Tricholoma. Edible. 



Resplendens means shining brightly. 



The pileus is fleshy, convex, then nearly plane, even, bare, viscid, white, 

 sometimes hyaline-spotted or yellowish on the disk, shining when dry, margin 

 straight. Flesh white, taste mild, odor pleasant. 



FIGURE 504 Tricholoma resplendens. Kntire plant white. 



The gills are nearly free when young, then emarginate, somewhat crowded, 

 rather thick, entire, white. 



The stem is solid, bare, subbulbose, even, white, dry. The spores are 

 8x4/x. 



The caps are two to four inches broad ; the stem is two to four inches 

 long. Peck. 



This is a beautiful plant, entirely white, smell and taste pleasant, and found 

 in Poke Hollow and in the woods along Ralston 's Run, near Chillicothe. 



This plant is found very generally over the United States. 



