are adnexed, subdistant, white, becoming grayish, edges more
or less eroded. Spores, 5-6u.

The stem is whitish, fibrillose, equal, paler than the cap, varying from
solid to stuffed or hollow, one to three inches high.

I find this plant on north hillsides, in beech woods. It is not
plentiful. There are several varieties:

Var. orirubens. Q. Edge of gills reddish.

Var. atrosquamosum. Chev. Pileus gray with small black scales; g.
whitish.

Var. argyraceum. Bull. Entirely pure white, or pileus grayish.

Var. chrysites. Jungh. Pileus tinged yellowish or greenish.

The plants in Figure 55 were found in Poke Hollow near Chillicothe.
Their time is September to November.

_Tricholoma saponaceum. Fr._

[Illustration: Figure 56.--Tricholoma saponaceum.]

Saponaceum is from _sapo_, soap, so called from its peculiar odor.

The pileus is two to three inches broad, convex, then plane, involute at
first as will be seen in Figure 56, smooth, moist in wet weather but not
viscid, often cracked into scales or punctate, grayish or livid-brown,
often with a tinge of olive, flesh firm, becoming more or less red when
cut or wounded.

The gills are uncinately emarginate, thin, quite entire, not crowded,
white, sometimes tinged with green. Spores subglobose, 5x4u.

The stem is solid, unequal, rooting, smooth, sometimes reticulated with
black fibrils or scaly.

This species is found quite frequently about Chillicothe. It is quite
variable in size and color, but can be readily recognized from its
peculiar odor and the flesh's becoming reddish when wounded. It is not
poisonous but its odor will prevent any one from eating it. Found in
mixed woods from August to November.

_Tricholoma cartilagineum. Bull._

THE CARTILAGINOUS TRICHOLOMA. EDIBLE.

[Illustration: Figure 57.--Tricholoma cartilagineum. Two-thirds natural
size.]

Cartilagineum means gristly or cartilaginous.

The pileus is two to three inches broad, cartilaginous, elastic, fleshy,
convex, soon expanded, wavy, as seen in Figure 57, margin incurved,
smooth, inclined to be blackish at first, then broken up into small
black spots.

The gills are slightly notched, adnexed, somewhat crowded, grayish.

The stem is one to two inches long, rather firm, stuffed, equal, smooth,
white, often striate and mealy. Taste and odor pleasant.

A number of my friends ate it because of its inviting taste and odor. It
grew in quantities among the clover in our city park durin