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The species of this tribe are distinguished from those of all the 

 other tribes by their viscid pileus. They are divided into two 

 groups, in one of which the lamellae are unchangeable in color or do 

 not become reddish or reddish-spotted ; in the other they change 

 color with age or become reddish-spotted. 



Pileus white resplendens. 



Pileus not white 1 



1. Lamellae yellow equestre. 



1. Lamellae not yellow 2 



2. Lamellae not becoming reddish or reddish-spotted 3 



2. Lamellae becoming reddish or reddish-spotted 5 



3. Lamellae crowded, pileus glabrous 4 



3. Lamellae subdistant, pileus innately fibrillose sejunctum. 



4. Pileus greenish-j^ellow intermedium. 



4. Pileus pale alutaceous terriferum. 



5. Pileus red or incarnate Eussula. 



5. Pileus tawny-red or reddish-brown 6 



6. Pileus squamulose Peckii 



6' Pileus not squamulose fransmutans. 



Lamellce not becoming discolored nor red-spotted. 

 Tricholoma equestre L. 



Equestkian Tricholoma 



(Hym. Europ. p. 48. Syl. Fung. Vol. V. p. 87.) 



Pileus fleshy, compact, convex becoming expanded, obtuse, pale 

 yellowish, more or less reddish tinged, the disk and central scales 

 often darker, the margin naked, often flexuous, flesh white or tinged 

 with yellow ; lamellae rounded behind, close, nearly free, sulphur- 

 yelloio; stem stout, solid, pals-yellow or white, white within; 

 spores .00025 to .0003 in. long, .00016 to .0002 broad. 



Pileus 3 to 5 in. broad; stem 1 to 2 in. long, 6 to 10 lines 

 thick. 



Pine woods, especially in sandy soil. Albany county. September 

 to November. 



This is a noble species but not plentiful in our State. The pileus 

 is said to become greenish very late in the season. The stem, in 

 the typical form, is described as sulphur-yellow in color, but with 

 us it is more often white. The scales of the disk are sometimes 

 wanting. In our plant the taste is slightly farinaceous at first, but 

 it is soon unpleasant. 



