GENERA AND SPECIES OF MUSHROOMS 



(in which the gills are similar) by its more fleshy cap and 

 stem and by the fact that it nearly always grows upon the 

 ground. Some of the species of Tricholoma are known to 

 be edible and probably many others are also. None are 

 known to be absolutely poisonous. 



Species of Tricholoma 



Tricholoma album ; white tricholoma. Species 122. Fig- 

 ure 34. 



On ground in woods; singly, in groups or in tufts; taste 

 bitter and unpleasant; August to October; inedible and 

 probably POISONOUS. 



Cap fleshy; convex; becoming plane or depressed at the 

 center when old; very dry; smooth; white; sometimes yellow- 

 ish about the center and rarely wholly yellowish; the margin 

 ttimed downward and inward in young plants; flesh white; 

 taste acrid or bitter; no decided odor; 2 to 4 inches broad. 



Gills notched near the stem (emarginate) ; close together; 

 white. 



Stem solid; elastic; cylindric or tapering upward; surface 

 fibrous; white; 2 to 4 inches long, 3^ to ^ inch thick. 



Spores white; elliptic; .0002 to .00025 inch long. 



This species is variable in color and size, being sometimes 

 robust, sometimes slender. It departs from the character 

 of others of its tribe in having a dry cap. Peck. 



Tricholoma equestre; equestrian tricholoma; canary 

 mushroom. Plate XVI, Species 123. 



On ground in woods or in or near pine woods or groves; 

 autunm and, in southern States, through December; edible. 

 Odor not marked; taste branny. 



Cap smooth; sticky (viscid); yellowish, sometimes tinged 

 at the center with reddish-brown — the yellow is more distinct 



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