. Mushrooms and their use . Mushrooms. 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 iiiere- fore confidently add it to the list of edible species. From the Sulphur tricholo
. Mushrooms and their use . Mushrooms. 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 iiiere- 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 usiially 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 darlcer when old than it was when yoimg. It is stufEed or hollow. 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 cap
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