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at the margin; flesh white; size, 2 to 4 inches broad; sometimes 

 irregular in shape. 



Gills beautiful pale yellow; close together; deeply notched 

 at the stem end. 



Stem short; stout; solid; white or yellowish. 



Spores white; .00025 iiich to .0003 inch long; .00016 to 

 .0002 inch broad. 



It is easily recognized by its sticky yellowish cap and its 

 bright sulphur-colored gills. Peck. 



Tricholoma personatum; masked tricholoma; blewits. 



Plate XVI, Species 124. i 



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 On ground in thin woods and open places; singly or in ■ 



groups, occasionally in tufts; September to frost; edible 



Fig. 34. — Species No. 122. — Tricholoma album. Cap white, 

 rarely yellowish. 

 Description on page 257. 

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