FIELD BOOK OF COMMON GILLED MUSHROOMS 



Mushrooms of the genus Pluteus have also pinkish gills 

 but they are free from the stem and never attached to it as are 

 those of Entoloma. 



Species of Entoloma 



Entoloma commune; common entoloma. Plate IX, 

 Species 49. 



On ground in woods; in groups or sparse tufts; taste and 

 odor branny; POISONOUS. 



Cap rather thin; convex when young, plane or depressed at 

 center and irregular when old; often with a knob or umbo at 

 the center; surface dry; polished; often with radiating cracks; 

 margin lobed or split when mature. Color that of a hazel 

 nut or umber brown, i to 2 inches broad. 



Gills rosy-pink; notched near the stem. 



Stem white or pale tan; short; often twisted; polished be- 

 low and frosted near the top ; I'jA to 2 inches long. 



Spores pink; angular; 6 to 8 microns in diameter. 



Common about New York City and found from New Eng- 

 land to the mountains of Virginia. Miirrill. 



Entoloma grayanimi; gray entoloma. Plate IX, 

 Species 50. 

 Among fallen leaves in woods; single, in groups, or, rarely 

 in clusters; July to September; POISONOUS. 



Cap fleshy but thin toward the margin; slightly convex or 

 nearly plane; smooth; moist; whitish or brownish-gray; 

 flesh white; taste branny (farinaceous); size variable, i to 3 

 inches. 



Gills whitish when young; flesh-pink when mature; extend- 

 ing to the stem; sometimes rounded at the stem end. 



Stem cylindrical or' nearly so; solid; stuffed or hollow; 

 silky; white or pallid; i>^ to 3 inches long, 76 to V3 of an 

 inch thick. 



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