(Plate CCIX.) 



age and often squamose or rimosely areolate. Flesh white, taste mild, 

 odor like that of mushrooms. Lamellae thin, close, slightly or strongly 

 decurrent, forked or anastomosing at the base, white. Stem usually 



short, equal or slightly tapering 

 upward, solid, white. Spores 

 broadly elliptic, 6-8 p. long, 5ft 

 broad. 



Pileus 1-4 inches broad ; stem 

 1-3 inches long, 4-12 lines thick. 

 Gregarious or cespitose. Close- 

 ly allied to Trickoloma patnlum 

 Fr. Woods, especially of pine. 

 Brewerton and Westport, New 

 York. 



When growing in tufts the stem 

 is often eccentric and the pileus 

 irregular. The base of the stem 

 is often white tomentose. Its 

 agreeable odor and mild taste led 

 to a trial of its edible qualities, 

 but it developed a bitter taste in 

 cooking. Peck. 



3/s nat 



Stropharia bilamellata Pk. Bull. 

 Torr. Club, 22 : 204. Pileus fleshy, 

 convex, even, whitish or yellowish. 

 Flesh pure white. Lamellae close, ad- 

 nate, purplish brown when mature. Stem 

 short, solid, white, with a well developed 

 pure white annulus which is striately 

 lamellate on the upper surface. Spores 

 elliptical, purplish brown, .0004 of an 

 inch long, .0002 to .00024 broad. 



Pileus i to 2 inches broad ; stem about 

 i inch long, 3 to 4 lines thick. 



Streets of Pasadena, California. Mc- 

 Clatchie. 



This species is remarkable for the 



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(Plate CCX.) 



Wsnat 



