Agaricaceae 



Trichoioma. Pileus 2-3 in. broad. Stem 1-2.5 in- long, 4-6 lines thick. 



Pine stumps. Albany and Rensselaer counties. October. 



The species seems to be related to T. rutilans but has not the red or 

 purplish tomentum of that fungus. It, like T. decorosum, is always 

 lignicolous. T. rutilans is sometimes so. Peck, 44th Rep. N. Y. State 

 Bot. 



Frequently found in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. 

 Pine stumps. September to frost. Mcllvaine. 



The flesh compares with that of T. rutilans, and makes an equally 

 good dish. 



T. gran'de Pk. Pileus thick, firm, hemispherical, becoming con- 

 vex, often irregular, dry, scaly, somewhat silky-fibrillose toward the 

 margin, white, the margin at first involute. Flesh grayish-white, taste 

 farinaceous. Gills close, rounded behind, adnexed, white. Stem stout, 

 solid, fibrillose, at first tapering upward, then equal or but slightly 

 thickened at the base, pure white. Spores elliptical, 9-1 ix6/*. 



Pileus 4-5 in. broad. Stem 2-4 in. long, 1-1.5 in. thick. 



Among fallen leaves in woods. Cattaraugus county. September. 



The plants are often cespitose, and then the pileus is more or less 

 irregular and the gills somewhat lacerated. The species is related to 

 T. columbetta, from which its larger size, constantly scaly pileus, more 

 cespitose mode of growth, larger spores and farinaceous taste separate 

 it. The scales of the pileus are brownish, and the pileus itself is some- 

 times slightly dingy on the disk. The young margin is pure white like 

 the stem, and both it and the upper part of the stem are sometimes 

 studded with drops of moisture. 



The plant was found on trial to be edible, but not of first quality. 

 The flesh is not very tender, nor the flavor captivating even in young 

 specimens. Peck, 44th Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Mt. Gretna, Pa. Mixed woods. August to frost. Mcllvaine. 



Gross when old. Young specimens of medium quality and flavor. 



T. columbet'ta Fr. columba, a pigeon. (Plate XVIII, fig. 5 , p, 60. ) 

 Pileus convex, then nearly plane, fleshy, obtuse, rigid, somewhat flex- 

 uous, dry, at first bare, then silky-fibrillose, becoming even or scaly, 

 white, the margin at first involute, more or less tomentose. Flesh white, 



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