138 MINOR PRODUCTS OF PHILIPPINE FORESTS 



Genus TRICHOLOMA 



Edge of the gills entire, not canaliculate or split. Fleshy, 

 putrescent, not reviving when wet. Edge of gills acute, not fold- 

 like. Trama of the pileus not dehiscing ; spores typicaly smooth. 

 Gills more or less fleshy, readily separable into two layers. 

 Stipe central or nearly so. Hymenophore homogeneous and 

 confluent with the fleshy or fibrous elastic stipe. Stipe not 

 annulate or volvate. Gills adnate or sinnate, not decurrent, 

 stout and fleshy ; stipe and pileus of the same substance. 



Tricholoma tenuis Graff grows in lawns. 



Genus LEPIOTA 



Fleshy putrescent, not reviving when wet. Edge of gills 

 acute, not fold-like. Traima of the pileus not vesiculose ; spores 

 typically smooth. Gills more or less fleshy, readily separated 

 into two layers. Stipe central or nearly so, not volvate, but an- 

 nulate. Hymenophore discrete from the fleshy stipe. 



The general characters are the presence of a ring or annulus 

 and the absence of a cup or volva on the stipe. Some species 

 are edible, but others are poisonous, being especially toxic to cer- 

 tain people. Lepiota chloraspora has been reported as an edible 

 species. This form, however, is extremely poisonous to certain 

 individuals and consequently should always be avoided. It can 

 easily be recognized in the mature stage, by the greenish gills 

 (Fig. 22). 



The descriptions of the species have been primarily taken from 

 those by Copeland. 



LEPIOTA CANDIDA Copel. 



Lepiota Candida has no odor and a mild taste. The pileus 

 is 7 centimeters wide, flat, strongly umbonate, dry, shining, and 

 almost naked. The disk is fleshy, the margin thin, substriate, 

 minutely crenate, and the flesh is unchanging. The gills are 

 free, close, very crowded, lanceolate, subacute at both ends, thin, 

 and white. The spores are 9.5 by 6 microns, hyaline, guttulate, 

 and apiculate. The stipe is 15 centimeters high, 5 millimeters 

 thick near the top, with a narrow axial hollow, much enlarged, 

 but not bulbous in the solid lower part. It is naked, shining 

 white, deeply sunken into the disk, but not confluent with it. The 

 annulus is high up and deciduous. It is well characterized by 

 the strongly fusiform lower third of the stipe. The fungus 

 grows solitary in sunny grass plots. 



