North Carolina, Curtis. Edible. Porcher says Dr. Curtis was the first to declare it edible.
T. pessunda´tum Fr.—pessum dare, bent downward. Pileus fleshy, compact, convex, very obtuse, repand, viscid, granulose or spotted. Stem solid, firm, at first ovato-bulbous, everywhere villose with whitish scales. Gills emarginate, nearly free, crowded, white, at length spotted with red.
In pine woods. Odor and taste mealy.
Pileus bay, reddish, paler at the margin. Stature of Ag. equestris. Fries.
Spores 5×2.5µ Massee; very minute, globose, 2–3µ C.B.P.
Reckoned edible, but very rare. Stevenson.
California, H. and M.
II.—Genui´na. Cuticle of pileus torn into downy or fibrillose scales.