GENERA AND SPECIES OF MUSHROOMS 



Species No. 127. — Tricholoma transmutans. Cap tawny-red 

 when young, reddish-brown when old. 

 Description on page 262. 



Cap lilac or violet, occasionally pale grayish or almost 

 white, becoming (when old) slightly brownish on the disc; 

 thick; firm; convex or expanded; surface smooth; moist; 

 margin frosted and rolled in when young, sometimes wavy or 

 irregular when old; apt to be water-soaked in appearance in 

 wet weather; flesh firm, white and pleasant to the taste; 2 to 

 5 inches broad. 



Gills close together; rounded near the stem; free from the 

 stem or nearly so; resembling the cap in color; becoming 

 dull in color when old. 



Stem short and stout; color of the cap or nearly so; some- 

 times bulbous at the base; downy when young, smooth when 

 old; I to 3 inches long. 



Spores dingy white; ellipsoid; smooth; 7 by 10 microns in 

 diameter. 



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