Agaricaceee 



Trichoioma. Pine woods, especially in sandy soil. Albany county. September 

 to November. 



This is a noble species but not plentiful in our state (N. Y.). The 

 pileus is said to become greenish very late in the season. The stem, in 

 the typical form, is described as sulphur-yellow in color, but with us it 

 is more often white. The scales of the disk are sometimes wanting. 

 In our plant the taste is slightly farinaceous at first, but it is soon 

 unpleasant. 



Var. pinastreti A. and S. is a slender form having a thin, even pileus, 

 thinner and more narrow gills and a more slender stem. A. crassus 

 Scop., A. aureus Schaeff. , and A. flavovirens Pers. are recorded as 

 synonyms of this species. Peck, 44th Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Professor Peck later says in "Mushrooms and Their Use," p. 52: 

 "I confidently add it to the list of edible species." 



New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. In pine forests and 

 groves. September to frost. Mcllvaine. 



I have eaten it since 1883. All disagreeable odor about T. equestre 

 (which I have seldom noticed) disappears upon cooking. The substance 

 is rather tough, but good. 



T. COryphse'um Fr. chief, leader. From its distinguished appear- 

 ance. Pileus very fleshy but not compact, convex then plane, obtuse, 

 viscid, yellowish, streaked with small brownish scales. Stem solid, 

 attenuated upward. Gills emarginate, crowded, white, edge yellow. 



Large and of striking appearance. In shady beech woods. 



Pronounced a good edible by the Boston Myc. Club. 

 -The color of the plants is given as greenish-yellow. Bull. Boston 

 Myc. Club, 1896. 



T. UStale Fr. uro, to burn. Pileus fleshy, convex, then plane, 

 obtuse, even, smooth, viscid, bay-brownish. Stem stuffed, equal, dry, 

 rufo-fibrillose, apex naked, silky, nearly smooth. Gills emarginate, 

 crowded, white, at length with reddish spots. Cooke. 



Chiefly in pine woods. 



Pileus 3 in. Stem 2-3 in. long, about Yz in. thick, 



Spores SxSju, W. G.S.; 7-8x51* Massee. 



North Carolina, Curtis, pine woods, Schweinitz; Kansas, Cragin. 

 Massachusetts. Edible. Boston Myc. Club, Bull. No. 5. 



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