20 MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



Tricholoma melaleucum Dark Tricholoma 



C a p rather small. 2-7 cm., dark gray or smoke-colored, smooth, umbonate. bell- 

 shaped to Ciiiivex; stem rather slender, 5-12 cm. by 1 cm., whitish, with a few 

 threads, stuttetl or hollow, elastic ; gills sinuate, white, broad, crowded ; s p ores 

 ellijisoid, 9-111 "• 5-6/i. The name refers to the contrast between the dark cap and 

 white gills. 



( )n the ground in woods, in autumn: probably edible, though not tested by 

 the writer. 



Tricholoma patiilum Scallop Top 



C i\ ]j medium to large. 5-15 cm. wide, white to gravish. rarely with a tinge 

 cif \ellow. smooth, coiu-ex. then pdane and upturned, the margin folded and scal- 



FlOLKI. 11. TkIcHiJLiiMA P-MLI.L.M 



lo]jed; -tem short and thick. 2-6 cm. by 1-2 cm., white to grayish, smooth but 

 powdered at the top. solid; gills sinuate, white, or whitish, crowded, often con- 

 nected liv \-eins ; spores ellipsoid, T-S >' 4-5/^. The name refers to the spreading 

 cap. 



(")n the ground in woods, late summer and autumn; probably edible but not 

 tested by the writer. 



CLITOCIT'.E 



This genus is distinguished by the sloping or decurrent attachment of the 

 dlls and the lleshv stem. It lacks both ring and volva. as does Tricholoma, 



