asture near Chillicothe. Found in
wet weather from August to September.

_Tricholoma equestre. Linn._

THE KNIGHTLY TRICHOLOMA. EDIBLE.

[Illustration: Figure 43.--Tricholoma equestre.]

Equestre means belonging to a horseman; so called from its distinguished
appearance in the woods.

The pileus is three to five inches broad, fleshy, compact, convex,
expanded, obtuse, viscid, scaly, margin incurved at first, pale
yellowish, with sometimes a slight tinge of green in both cap and gills.
Flesh white or tinged with yellow.

The gills are free, crowded, rounded behind, yellow.

The stem is stout, solid, pale yellow or white, white within. The spores
are 7-8x5u.

It differs from T. coryphaeum in having gills entirely yellow, while the
edges only of the latter are yellow. It differs from T. sejunctum in the
latter having pure white gills and a more slender stem.

It is found but occasionally here, and then only a specimen or two. It
is an attractive plant and no one would pass it in the woods without
admiring it. Found from August to October.

_Tricholoma sordidum. Fr._

[Illustration: Figure 44.--Tricholoma sordidum.]

Sordidum means dingy, dirty.

The pileus is two to three inches broad, rather tough, fleshy, convex,
bell-shaped, then depressed, subumbonate, smooth, hygrophanous, margin
slightly striate, brownish lilac, then dusky.

The gills are rounded, rather crowded, dingy violet then dusky, notched
with a decurrent tooth.

The stem is colored like the pileus, fibrillose striate, usually
slightly curved, stuffed, short, often thickened at the base.

The spores are 7-8x3-4, minutely rugulose.

This species differs from T. nudum in being smaller, tougher, and often
hygrophanous.

It is found in richly manured gardens, about manure piles, and in
hot-houses. The specimens in Figure 44 were found in a hot-house near
Boston, Mass., and sent to me by Mrs. E. Blackford. They are found in
September and October.

_Tricholoma grammopodium. Bull._

THE GROOVED STEM TRICHOLOMA. EDIBLE.

[Illustration: Figure 45.--Tricholoma grammopodium. Natural size.]

Grammopodium is from two Greek words meaning _line_ and _foot_.

The pileus is three to six inches broad, flesh thick at the center, thin
at the margin, solid yet tender; brownish, blackish-umber, almost a
dingy-lavender when moist, whitish when dry; at first bell-shaped, then
convex, sometimes slightly wavy, obtusely umbonate; margin at first
incl