SOME COMMON MUSHROOMS AND IIOW TO KNOW THEM 



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Tricholonia ixrsdnntuin is ((• lie found <niitt> coiimioiily in tlic lali' siiinnicr 

 aiui fall niontlis jiiowiii^' on tlie ground in woods and open places. This is one 

 ol" tile most acceptable edible species. 



TriihoUitmi ixr.soiiatKiii and T. inidiiin are often confusing fo the amateur, 

 but may be distinjiuished from each otlier by the fact that in 7'. nuditm the 

 marjiin of the cap is naked and is thinner llian in T. /xrifimatitni. Also 

 T. iiuduDt is more slender than 7'. inrs<»i(tftiui and has deeper coloi'ation on 

 the cap and gills. 



TRIGHOI.OMA RUSSULA. RED TRICUOLOM.V. (KDIBLE) 



In Tricholonia nissuhi the cap is convex, later plane, and sometimes de- 

 l>ressed; disk si'-'iiular, viscid in damp weather, red or flesh-colored, becoming 

 li.uliter at the mart;in. which is involute and in y<iun,u' plants downy; the flesh 

 is wliite or rin.wd with ri-d under the cuticle, friable, taste mild; the gills are 

 rounded or somewhat decurrent, rather distant, white, later becoming red 

 spotted; the stem is solid, white, stained with red dots or squamules at the 

 apex. 



The cap is 3 to 5 inches broad ; tlie stem is 1 to ?, indies long and one-half 

 to three-fourths inch thick. 



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-TricltotoiiKi IX rsuiKitiuii. (Edible) 



This species is to be found in mixed woods and on hilly slopes from August 

 until after frost. It may occur solitary, Imt often is found in patches. It is 

 edible and reported of flne flavor. 



There is frequently a sharp line of demarcation that appears like a well- 

 defined encircling ridge between the gills and the upper part of the stem. 



COLLYBIA 



In the treniis Collybia the volva and the veil are both absent. The 

 marfrin of the cap is at first invohite and the gills adnate, adnexed, 

 and never decurrent; the stem is of different substance from the 

 cajD, fibrous or fistulose, cartilaginous or with a cartilaginous bark. 



COLLYHIA RADICATA. ROOTED COLLYBIA. 

 (Fig. 23) 



(EDIBLE) 



In the rooted Collybia the cap is convex to nearly plane, distinctly umbonate, 

 often wrinkled, esp«'cially near the umbo, grayish brown or almost white, 

 glutinous when moist, margin incurved when young, sometimes ui)tnrned when 

 mature; the flesh is thin, white; tlie gills are white, broad, ventricosc, dis- 



