scattered young pines, often called “second growth” pine, or 
“pine thickets,” where it has a fair supply of sunlight. It ap- 
pears in autumn, and in the more southern States continues 
through December. 
It has not before been classed among the edible species, but at 
least two of my correspondents have eaten it freely, and one of 
them says that he and his family regard it as the best of two or 
three kinds that they have been in the habit of eating. I there- 
fore confidently add it to the list of edible species. 
From the Sulphur tricholoma, Tricholoma sulphureum, 
which has been suspected of being dangerous or unwholesome, 
and which is wholly of a sulphury yellow color, our plant is 
easily separated by its viscid 
cap, closer gills and paler 
solid stem, for the cap of the 
» sulphury mushroom is not vis- 
cid, its gills are wide apart, its 
stem is stuffed or hollow, and 
of a sulphur- yellow color, 
and besides, the plant has a 
strong disagreeable odor. 
The Changing tricholoma, 
Tricholoma transmutans, has 
the cap viscid or sticky on 
the surface when moist. It 
is at first tawny-red, but be- 
comes reddish-brown with ad- 
vancing age, sometimes retaining the paler hue on the margin 
longer than in the centre. The flesh is white and has a decided 
farinaceous odor and taste. The gills are closely placed, notched 
at their inner extremity, as is usual in all species of this genus, at 
first whitish or yellowish white, but becoming dingy with age 
and usually exhibiting reddish-brown spots or stains. The stem 
is almost as long as the diameter of the cap, but in exceptional 
cases it may be much shorter. It is paler than the cap, becom- 
ing darker when old than it was when young. It is stuffed or 
bollow. The cap is two to four inches broad, the stem two to 
four inches long and usually about half an inch thick. 
The Changing mushroom grows in woods and in open places, 
either singly or in tufts. When it grows in tufts the caps are 
often irregular because of crowding upon or against each other. 
Tt is a rather late growing species, appearing in wet weather 
from August to October in this latitude. It is a good acquisition 
to our food supply. 
Tricholoma equestre. T. transmutans, 
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