No. 15.] HYMENIALES OF CONNECTICUT. T^y 



under sugar maple trees which stand along the borders of open 

 fields. It is distinctly an autumnal species, seldom appearing 

 before September. The plants are most frequently found singly, 

 they sometimes occur in groups, but are rarely clustered. They 

 are quite regular in shape, the cap being somewhat globular, 

 with an inrolled margin when young, becoming flattened with age. 

 The surface of the cap is very smooth, and is never mucilaginous 

 or viscid, even in moist weather. The whole plant is fleshy, and 

 dingy white or violet-colored throughout. The cap varies from 

 two to five inches in diameter. The stem is short and thick with 

 a somewhat bulbous base. It is solid when young, becoming 

 filled with a pithy substance when mature. The gills are com^ 

 pact and rounded or notched at their junction with the stem. 

 This species is in high repute as an edible species. Peck says, 

 " My experience leads me to place it among first-class mush- 

 rooms." • While T. personatum resembles some few other species, 

 it cannot be mistaken for poisonous ones, and may be eaten 

 without fear. 



Tricholoma sejunctum Sow. This plant is abundant in the 

 chestnut woodlands of the town of Mansfield, and is frequently 

 reported from other parts of the state. Like T. personatum, it is 

 a fall species, being most abundant in September and October. 

 Like other members of this genus, the plants are brilliantly 

 colored ; in this species shades of yellow predominate. The cap 

 is yellow or green-yellow in color, and more or less streaked with 

 black threads over its surface. When young the plants are dis- 

 tinctly viscid, and at maturity still retain this character if the 

 weather is moist. The cap is similar in size to that of T. per- 

 sonatum, but often more irregular in shape. The stem varies 

 from one to three inches in length and from one-half to three- 

 fourths of an inch in thickness. It is usually white, solid within, 

 and frequently it is quite irregular in shape. The gills differ 

 from those of the last species by being broad, distant, distinctly 

 notched at the stem, and easily separating from it. The flesh is 

 white and very tender. 



COLLYBIA Fr. 

 The genus Collybia furnishes a large number of edible 

 species. They occur abundantly throughout the season, some 



